Erection date: 29/4/2012
Cherry Dorothy Groce, 1948 - 2011, innocently shot in this house by police which sparked the 1985 Brixton uprising.
A heroine to her children, family and community with her spiritual strength, motivation, optimism and love.
Her legacy lives on.
Cherry Tree Trust
Lambeth Council
SW9, Normandy Road, 22
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Dorothy 'Cherry' Groce
It was sparked off by the shooting of Dorothy Groce by the Metropolitan Polic...
Shooting victim. She was shot by the Metropolitan Police, on 28 September 198...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Dorothy 'Cherry' Groce
A privately funded charity established by Charles Pink. Its objective is to f...
Frankie Howerd OBE, 1917 - 1992, comedian lived here, 1966 - 1992. The Dead Comics Society
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography says Coward was born at number 5. This house is the end house in a terrace of 7 so we can't ...
The plaque is further into the alleyway than you can see from the street. The alley is decorated with street plans and murals on the hist...
But he did not live in the building here today, he lived in Furnival's Inn.
This house probably looked OK when it was part of a terrace but on its own it just looks weird.
Stoker First CL RN SS/108665 H.M.S. Hibernia. Age 24. Gone but not forgotten my dear son.
Discovered the bacilli for anthrax, tuberculosis and cholera. A founder of bacteriology. Born Clausthal, Germany. Died Baden-Baden, Germany.
Marshal of the Royal Air Force BT, GCB, OBE, AFC. Born Cheltenham. Died at home at Goring-on-Thames. Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Bomber Command in 1942. He quickly made his command very success...
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