Prudential Assurance war memorial WW1
EC1, Holborn, 273, Holborn Bars (ex-Prudential Building)
Four standing girls adorn the corners of the plinth. At their feet are cornucopia and in one hand they each clutch a bunch of laurel leav...
Four standing girls adorn the corners of the plinth. At their feet are cornucopia and in one hand they each clutch a bunch of laurel leav...
On the page for Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands we list the memorials for other countries who set up WW2 HQs in London.
In our photo you may be able to see the many poppies on the railings behind the cross - all have been knitted. Columbine's plaque is lai...
The WW2 civilian list identifies 14 people who worked in civil defence and what their role was. Usually lists of civilian dead give the f...
PC Alfred Smith, 1880 - 1917, was killed at this site saving factory workers during a WW1 air raid, 13 June 1917. London Borough of Islin...
Unusually for a memorial to civilian deaths the ages and genders are not given, but the repetition of surnames suggests that these deaths...
Unusually the plaque gives the birth and death years for each name. From a Wrexham paper we learn that altogether 13 Welsh-capped player...
English Heritage's 'Played in London' has this building described as "Old Deer Park sports ground pavilion. Two storey brick and concrete...
Maida Vale Studios, home of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Radiophonic Workshop, 1934. BBC Heritage Trail