Wembley Lion

Wembley Lion

HA9, Wembley Hill Road

{Plaque on the front of the plinth, beneath a drawing of a lion:} The lion was the emblem for the British Empire Exhibition in 1924 - 192...

5 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Bronze cherub

Bronze cherub

EN2, Silver Street

in 2013 this statue was discovered by maintenance workers in the grounds of what was at the time, the Oasis Academy Hadley in Bell Lane. ...

2 subjects commemorated
Prisoner of War statue group - Kormis

Prisoner of War statue group - Kormis

NW2, Dollis Hill Lane, Gladstone Park

West Hampstead Live has a quote from Kormis explaining that each of the first 4 seated figures illustrates an aspect of his war experienc...

2 subjects commemorated, 3 creators
sculptural group 1 - Jellicoe

sculptural group 1 - Jellicoe

SW1, Trafalgar Square

Of the 4 this is the west-most sculpture.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
sculptural group 2 - Jellicoe

sculptural group 2 - Jellicoe

SW1, Trafalgar Square

Jellicoe and Beatty had each, at different times, been commander of the Grand Fleet in WW1 and had died within 5 months of each other, wh...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
sculptural group 4 - Beatty

sculptural group 4 - Beatty

SW1, Trafalgar Square

Of the 4 this is the east-most sculpture.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
sculptural group 3 - Beatty

sculptural group 3 - Beatty

SW1, Trafalgar Square

Jellicoe and Beatty had each, at different times, been commander of the Grand Fleet in WW1 and had died within 5 months of each other, wh...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
War memorial - Walworth Square

War memorial - Walworth Square

SE17, Wansey Street, Walworth Square

This depicts an anonymous 12-year-old youth standing on a giant, fallen ash tree. The inscription is a line from a WW2 poem by Hamish Hen...

1 subject commemorated, 3 creators
White Horse pub

White Horse pub

E14, Poplar High Street

Brought to our attention by Londonist whose article doesn't even mention the horse but for some perverse reason focuses on the mid-18th c...

1 subject commemorated
Matchbox cars - sculpture

Matchbox cars - sculpture

E9, Homerton Road, Matchmakers Wharf

Frustratingly, we cannot discover the name of the sculpture who has solved the puzzle of how to create a sculpture of miniature objects w...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
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