This stone was laid by the Rt. Hon. Lord Reith, 17th July 1965.
WC1, Regent Square
Edward Irving was once the priest at the Gothic church that was on this site before WW2. Reith's parents were married in this church and he attended regularly when he first came to London after WW1.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Lord Reith - WC1
First Director-General of the BBC. Born Stonehaven, Kincardineshire. At 6' 6"...
English Heritage A.W. Hofmann, 1818 - 1892, professor of chemistry, lived here.
Interesting that a plaque has been erected to the Mortlake Tapestry Works but not to John Dee, who was (what we would now call) scientifi...
In memory of Ralph Joscelyne, 1899 - 1909 who was shot on this spot during the Tottenham Outrage on Jan. 23rd 1909. May he rest in peace...
In our photo the plaque can be seen between the trees and above the car.
Reach of the river between London Bridge and Westminster Bridge, named in 1935 to commemorate King George V's Silver Jubilee.
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