To the memory of those members of the staff of the proprietors of Hay's Wharf who lost their lives in two great wars, MCMXIV - MCMXVIII, MCMXXXIX - MCMXLV. {1914 - 1918, 1939 - 1945}
SE1, Queen's Walk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hay's Wharf war memorial
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
The land between Tooley Street and the Thames has been occupied by wharves an...
From Michael Rank: "Dorset Street was renamed Dove Road (Dove Bros builders named on the plaque) in 1935."
Greater London Council Hector Berlioz, 1803 - 1869, composer, stayed here in 1851.
There is an identical plaque at the entrance to the tunnel on the north bank of the Thames.
Greater London Council Major-General William Roy, 1726 - 1790, founder of the Ordnance Survey, lived here.
The plaque was unveiled by John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets and Mark Healey founder of Hate Crime Awareness Week.
Initially (ha-ha) we were puzzled by the letters at the bottom of this plaque and we are grateful to Jan Eskildsen who, via Facebook, has...
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