Erection date: 11/9/2016
George A. Roberts, 1890 to 1970, First World War soldier, Second World War fireman, West Indian community leader, lived here 1923 to 1970.
London Borough of Southwark
Voted by the people
SE5, Warner Road, Block C, Lewis Trust Buildings
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
George Arthur Roberts
Soldier and Fireman. Born in Trinidad, he was one of the first black men to j...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
George Arthur Roberts
The London Borough of Southwark was created as an amalgamation of the Metropo...
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This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...
Whittington lived nearby and paid for the rebuilding and enlargement of the church St Michael Paternoster Royal. Upper Thames Street is w...
Londonist have a eye-witness account of this event.
Some of the "other material damage" can be seen in the pock-marks in the stone wall behind the plaque.
