War dead | WW2
4 subjects commemorated, 3 creators
4 subjects commemorated, 3 creators
Special Operations Executive (SOE)
W1, Baker Street, 64
See Musee de la Resistance for more information on this plaque (in French).
2 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Linguists - Coulsdon
CR3, Fox Lane, The Fox pub
JSSL Between 1952 and 1954, the Joint Services School for Linguists was located at Coulsdon Common Camp. Here linguists were trained for ...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
RIBA - Sir Christopher Wren
W1, Portland Place, 66
On the Weymouth Street facade there are 5 figures carved in relief by Copnall. They are unlabelled but one can tell that they represent,...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
RIBA - James Woodford
W1, Portland Place, 66
The pair of massive cast bronze doors carry deep reliefs representing the Thames and London's buildings including: Guildhall, Houses of P...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Institute of Optometry
SE1, Newington Causeway, 56 - 62, Institute of Optometry
In the correspondence pages of the 1927 BMJ the man named on the plaque, Francis Gregg, had a spat with Mr Bishop Harman (of St Thomas' H...
3 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
St Bartholomew's Hospital - Astley
EC1, Giltspur Street
Oh dear, get the wording wrong on a plaque and people are still sniggering years later. We hope "those who have sought relief from suffer...
3 subjects commemorated,
4 creators
Victims of Human BSE
SE1, Albert Embankment
The flower on the plaque looks to us like a chrysanthemum but we don't know if it has any special significance.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Dr John Lettsom's house
NW1, Outer Circle, Royal College of Physicians
Sorry about the rubbish picture but this item is hidden away at the edge of the property, behind a car-park. Note: the house was at Grov...
3 subjects commemorated
Marie Stopes - SE19
SE19, Cintra Park, 28
English Heritage Marie Stopes, 1880 - 1958, promoter of sex education and birth control, lived here, 1880 - 1892.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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