POWs and those who died in the Far East in WW2
NW1, Camden High Street
Designed by architect Chris Roche. The railway sleepers and track, symbolic of the Burma Railway, are placed in the form of a cross - the "universa...
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Thornton's Corner
BR3, Beckenham High Street, 102 - 104
Thornton's Corner Beckenham Journal, 1881 - 1965 First British Airmail Post Office, 9th August 1902. Bromley & Beckenham Philatelic Society 2002
3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Tom Thornton
BR3, Kelsey Park Road, Entrance to Kelsey Park
From West Beckenham RA: "In 1908 Tom William Thornton (1857 – 1933) secured most of the land against housing development (yes we had developers eve...
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First British public airmail flight
BR3, Croydon Road Recreation Ground, Croydon Road
The plaque is on the grass beneath the group of trees in the photograph.
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Karla Roman
E1, Whitechapel High Street
Killed at 9am as she cycled to work, by a coach. As far as we can tell the coach turned left across her path, as she also turned left out of White ...
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Ruth First
Died: 17/8/1982, 35 years ago
Person, Nationalism, Race Issues, Journalism / Publishing, Africa, South Africa
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