Clapham Common deep shelter
SW4, Clapham Park Road
In our photo the plaque can be seen to the left of the 30 speed limit sign.
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
St John Horsleydown - WW1 memorial - wall plaque
SE1, Fair Street, St John's Churchyard
Almost all of the lettering (lead letters pinned into stone) has dropped off, or been taken off, so most of the names are illegible - the...
War dead | WW1
8 subjects commemorated
8 subjects commemorated
Richard 'Beau' Nash
TN2, The Pantiles, 44
Richard 'Beau' Nash, 1674 - 1762, dandy and leader of fashion, Master of the Ceremonies at the Wells, 1735 -1762. Royal Tunbridge Wells F...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
V2 bomb - Archway
N19, Giesbach Road, Giesbach Open Space
We'd read that this plaque was unveiled on Zoom, for Covid reasons, on 5 November 2020. And maybe that was the plan at one stage, but Pau...
3 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Air Chief Marshal Dowding - SW19 - original plaque
SW19, St. Mary's Road, 3
This plaque was removed when the house on which it was erected was demolished. A new plaque has been erected on the new house. We'd guess...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Vera Atkins
SW3, Sloane Avenue, Nell Gwynn House
Vera Atkins, née Rosenberg, Commander of the Order of British Empire, Croix de Guerre, Legion of Honour. A Jewish pre-war British spy, Ve...
3 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Frederick Douglass
SW3, Sloane Avenue, Nell Gwynn House
The house was 5 Whitehead's Grove - you can see a short terrace of houses here on this 1865 map.
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
William Penn - Rickmansworth
WD3, High Street Rickmansworth, 46, Basing House, The Three Rivers Museum
Here William Penn (1644 - 1718) Quaker statesman and man of vision, founder of Pennsylvania and planner of Philadelphia, friend of the In...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Kingston Hospital - flying bomb
KT2, Kingston Hospital
Brought to our attention by John Arnold who believes the building was the Medical Superintendent's house.
Civilian war dead | WW2
4 subjects commemorated
4 subjects commemorated
Clement Attlee - Royal Festival Hall
SE1, Belvedere Road, Below the Clore Ballroom, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre
This film shows what looks like a time capsule being buried, and Attlee laying this foundation stone.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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