What is London Remembers?
The aim of this website is to document all the memorials in London. That's the plaques, monuments, statues, fountains, etc, that commemorate a person, an event, a building, etc. It's an aim we don't think we will ever achieve but we will enjoy the attempt.
Memorial types
Fountain
135 memorials
Gates
21 memorials
Ghost bike
29 memorials
Ghost building
9 memorials
Keystone
26 memorials
Monument
321 memorials
Mural
90 memorials
Latest Memorials
view moreGilbert Johnstone Boat-House
E9, Wallis Road, 127
This Boat House was given to the Club by Gilbert Johnstone, the youngest of 9 siblings in memory of 3 of his 6 brothers: Francis, Alan an...
Blackfriars sundial
EC4, Riverside walk, City of London Boys School
Can we guess what 'building products' Ibstock contributed, and how many? Difficult.
Hugh John Moore - plaque
EC2, Poultry, 37
Commander Moore was attacked at this spot, but actually died later in a hospital in Bushey. QPM is the Queen's Police Medal. This is the...
Sophie Fedorovitch
SW3, Bury Walk, 22
Mansion Global's 2020 sales page for this charmer has: ".. former owner .. Sophie Fedorovitch ..occupied the home until her death in 1953...
Latest Subjects
view moreRaine Foundation School
This school was founded in what is now Raine Street by Henry Raine (1679 - 1738) in 1719, though the street was then known as Fawdon Lane, Charles Street. An associated boarding school for girls w...
Christopher Wade
Hampstead historian. Born in Bradford. Attended Trinity College, Cambridge, was a Flight Lieutenant in the RAF in WW2, joined the BBC and rose to become head of the television script unit. Married...
Francis Lord Derwent
Francis Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 2nd Baron Derwent. Army officer and landowner. Attended Eton, 1864-9. First born son to Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone of Hackness Grange, Scarborough. Harcourt...
Gilbert Johnstone
Hon. Gilbert Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone. See his brother Francis for family information. President of the Eton Mission Rowing Club in 1934. Attended Eton, leaving before 1883. The Eton House (pdf dow...
Eton Mission Rowing Club
From Hear the Boat Sing: "EMRC has a fascinating history and was started in the East London docklands in the late 19th century by a group of old Etonians, who saw it as their mission to help boys i...
Seriously Famous
view moreLost Memorials
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Gravestones in Launceston Place
Our researches have turned up just one clue, which may mean nothing: in John Fletcher's mid 17th century romantic comedy, ‘Women Pleased’...