Plaque

Chaplin mosaics 1

Photograph by: London Remembers

Photograph by: London Remembers

Inscription

Southbank Mosaics

Site: Chaplin mosaics (5 memorials)

SE1, Lambeth Walk, Chandler Hall

We've numbered the mosaics left to right. The text plaque is to the right of the curved wall, just out of sight of our camera. Chaplin certainly lived his early life in the Lambeth area but we can find nothing to associate him with Lambeth Walk. Until 2024, when David Smith wrote to say: "On page 37 of the Penguin edition of Charlie's autobiography he recalls walking in Lambeth Walk." Thanks David.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Chaplin mosaics 1

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Charlie Chaplin

Born Charles Spencer Chaplin in East Street, Walworth (possibly, see Londonis...

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
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Southbank Mosaics / London School of Mosaic

Southbank Mosaics actively promotes equal opportunities and cross-cultural, i...

This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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Chaplin - Lambeth Walk

The BFI date the Hippodrome performance to Christmas 1900. The quote about a ...

Chaplin mosaics 2

This image is from the 1918 'A Dog's Life'.

Chaplin mosaics 3

Plaque

Chaplin mosaics 4

This image is from the 1921 'The Kid'.

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Thomas Doggett

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This is the plaque that was first erected nearby.

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The spelling is probably a good indication of which country funded this memorial.

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Albert Edward McKenzie, VC

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