2 - Red Lion Court – Caslon
P. D. James
Henry Croft tomb
John Ruskin
Vivien Punter
Harry Worth
Joseph Nollekens
Christ Church WW1 memorial - Hampstead

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

Bust

Bust

345 memorials

Fountain

Fountain

135 memorials

Gates

Gates

21 memorials

Ghost bike

Ghost bike

29 memorials

Ghost building

Ghost building

9 memorials

Keystone

Keystone

26 memorials

Monument

Monument

321 memorials

Mural

Mural

90 memorials

Latest Memorials

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Christopher Wade

Christopher Wade

NW3, Willoughby Road, 28

Erected between May 2017 and March 2019.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Gilbert Johnstone Boat-House

Gilbert 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...

5 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Blackfriars sundial

Blackfriars sundial

EC4, Riverside walk, City of London Boys School

Can we guess what 'building products' Ibstock contributed, and how many? Difficult.

1 subject commemorated, 7 creators
Hugh John Moore - plaque

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...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Sophie Fedorovitch

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...

1 subject commemorated

Latest Subjects

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Raine Foundation School

Raine 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...

Group, Children, Education

2 memorials
Christopher Wade

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...

Person, Community / Clubs, History

1 memorial
Francis Lord Derwent

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...

Person, Armed Forces, Children, Property, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Gilbert Johnstone

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...

Person, Benefactor, Children, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Eton Mission Rowing Club

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...

Group, Children, Sport / Games

1 memorial

Seriously Famous

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Joseph Haydn
John Wesley
Mary Wollstonecraft
Sir Ian Mckellen
Victor Hugo
King Edward VII

Lost Memorials

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Holloway Road bus garage - WW1 memorial - lost
All Hallows the Less - lost
London Bridge - information/viewing panel
Lee Rigby - pavement plaque
Winifred Atwell - blue plaque
St Stephen Walbrook church

Born on this day

Alfred Drake, VC

Born: 10/12/1893, 130 years ago

Person, , France

1 memorial
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Puzzle-corner

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’...

1 subject
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