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
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1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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
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
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
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
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...
2 memorials
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...
1 memorial
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...
1 memorial
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...
1 memorial
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...
1 memorial
Seriously Famous
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Lost Memorials
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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