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Southern Railway, 626 men who died in WW2

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626 men of the Southern Railway who died in WW2.

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Southern Railway, 626 men who died in WW2

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Victoria Station - war memorial - east

The names are grouped by department: General Office, Coaching Department, Goo...

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Victoria Station - war memorial - west

"... and of whom those whose names ..." - we just don't write English like th...

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Waterloo WW2 plaque

To the memory of the 626 men of the Southern Railway who gave their lives in ...

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Orient Line

Orient Line

Began as a shipbroking company. The inauguration of a liner service to Australia with the packet boat 'Orient' in 1866 saw the company trade as The Orient Line of Packets, regularly shortened to Or...

Group, Transport

1 memorial
King's Cross Station

King's Cross Station

Designed by Lewis Cubitt.  Took the name from the area which had taken it from a statue of Geoge IV that once stood at the junction of Pentonville Road, Euston Road, Gray's Inn Road and Caledonian ...

Place, Transport

1 memorial
Sir Thomas Sopwith

Sir Thomas Sopwith

Aviator and aircraft manufacturer. Designed the Sopwith Camel. Aged 10 accidentally killed his father in a shooting accident. Expert ice skater and a legend in the yachting America's Cup. Born 92 C...

Person, Aviation, Engineering, Sport / Games, Transport

1 memorial
Thames and Medway Canal

Thames and Medway Canal

Also known as the Gravesend and Rochester Canal. It was originally 11 km (6.8 miles) long and cut across the neck of the Hoo Peninsula, linking the Rivers Thames and Medway. It was first intended a...

Place, Transport

1 memorial
Whitechapel and Bow Railway

Whitechapel and Bow Railway

A former underground railway in East London, It was a joint venture between the District Railway and the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway. It is now entirely integrated into the London Undergro...

Place, Transport

1 memorial

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Hugh Cecil Lowther, fifth Earl of Lonsdale

Hugh Cecil Lowther, fifth Earl of Lonsdale

Sportsman and profligate bon vivant, a life-style enabled through his vast inherited wealth. President of the National Sporting Club. Initiated the boxing prize, the Lonsdale Belt. Founder and firs...

Person, Politics & Administration, Sport / Games

1 memorial
World War 1

World War 1

We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...

Event, Armed Forces, Tragedy

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Hornsey Central Hospital - foundation stone, 1911

Hornsey Central Hospital - foundation stone, 1911

N8, Park Road, 151, Hornsey Central Health Centre

This is probably the 'opening' stone for the hospital which was begun in 1907.

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Colin L. Cooke
War dead, WW1
1 memorial