Plaque

Harry Cole

Erection date: 2006

Inscription

Harry Cole, voluntary worker, policeman, writer, attended this school, 1934 - 40.
London Borough of Southwark
Voted by the People

Site: Charles Dickens + Harry Cole (2 memorials)

SE1, Lant Street, Charles Dickens Primary School

The building has some other, architectural, plaques which read:
School Board for London
Lant Street School 1877
SLB Lant St. School enlarged 1901

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Harry Cole

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Harry Cole

Born 48A Lower Road, Rotherhithe. Married and joined the Met Police in 1952. ...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Harry Cole

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Southwark Council

The London Borough of Southwark was created as an amalgamation of the Metropo...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Harry Cole

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Charles Dickens - SE1

Charles Dickens - SE1

In 1824, aged 12, Dickens lodged in Lant Street in a house belonging to the V...

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