"Not by bread alone doth man live"
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To commemorate the generous hospitality of the Oratory Fathers, whereby the first Belgian school was opened in London and children exiled by the great war were prepared for their future citizenship by a sound and Christian education.
1914 - 1919.
SW3, Cale Street, Oratory Roman Catholic Primary School
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
First Belgian School WW1
By June 1915, the population of Belgian refugees in Britain rose to 265,000. ...
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The Great Storm In the early hours of 16th October 1987, a hurricane force wind swept through Ken Wood. 54 mature trees were blown down a...
Tassaduq Ahmed MBE (1923 - 2001) Bengali community pioneer and educational and social campaigner, lived here, c1991 - c1998. Tower Hamle...
Beneath the two windows to the left of the plaque there is some red granite, inscribed "1859", which looks like the remains of a drinking...
Charles Morgan, 1894 - 1958, novelist and critic, lived and died here. English Heritage
Miss {Elizabeth} H. E. Hope-Clarke of Wimbledon, inspired by her own damaged silver thimble, started collecting damaged or unwanted thimbles and other trinkets to contribute to the war effort. She...
This Alan Eisen flickr page will take you on a walk of the Wall, showing many of the blue-bordered plaques. The Museum of London created a 2 mile long London Wall Walk in 1983, marked with 23 love...
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