See also 2012 Paralympics. The first event was held on 25 July in Cardiff but the opening ceremony in London was on the 27th. Closing ceremony 12 August.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Olympic Games - 2012
Commemorated ati
2012 Commemorations - Blackheath
The names on the outer circumference sound as though they are areas of Blackh...
2012 Olympics Bell
The quotation, from Shakespeare's 'The Tempest', was spoken by Kenneth Branag...
Charlotte Dujardin gold post box
{On plaque attached to side of box:} This post box has been painted gold by R...
Chaucer and Aldgate
{On a worn notice stuck to the pavement immediately below the wooden structur...
Chinese Polo Players
{On a nearby ornamental base:} 2012 London Polo. By Huang Jian, China China i...
Other Subjects
Thomas Johns Tucker
A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Walter Hall Williams
A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Leyton Orient Football Club
Originally formed by members of the Glyn Cricket Club. They played football under various names, became Clapton Orient in 1890, and joined the football league in 1907. Their name finally became Le...
4 memorials
Olympic Games 1908, & Stadium
The original plan was that Italy would host these games but in 1906 they dropped out, partly due to the consequential costs of the 1906 eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Within a week the IOC accepted B...
1 memorial
John Landy
Athlete. Born John Michael Landy in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Forty-six days after Roger Bannister ran the first sub-four minute mile, he broke the record again. He is probably best remembere...
1 memorial