Erection date: 2007
JSSL
Between 1952 and 1954, the Joint Services School for Linguists was located at Coulsdon Common Camp. Here linguists were trained for covert work, their vigilance contributing to national security during the Cold War.
The Royal Air Force Linguists' Association, 2007
CR3, Fox Lane, The Fox pub
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Linguists - Coulsdon
Trained linguists for covert work, mainly with Russian during the Cold War. T...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Linguists - Coulsdon
Greater London Council Dylan Thomas, 1914 - 1953, poet, lived here.
Our photo is taken from the east. In the background you can see the inside of the retained arched stone entrance to The Colonnade from G...
This building faces onto the central courtyard.
A.J.P. Taylor 1906 - 1990, historian and broadcaster lived here. English Heritage
The foundation stone is immediately to the right of the central entrance. Above the entrance: "Westminster Public Library, The united pa...
Installed on the fifth anniversary of James's death.
Born Ghent. Ruled over large chunks of Europe and the Spanish colonies in America, the Caribbean, and Asia. Catherine of Aragon was his aunt, and so, despite Henry VIII and Charles being allied for...
Burnt at the stake in Ware (his home town) for his Protestant beliefs. Was associated with Harwood. Condemned by Bishop Bonner.
Artist. Born Johannes Josephus Zaufallij in Frankfurt. He came to England in 1760, and by 1764 he had the patronage of King George III and Queen Charlotte, He was a founding member of the Royal Ac...
Poet. Born at Field Place, near Horsham in Sussex. Had a habit of eloping with and then marrying 16 or 17 year olds: first Harriet Westbrook. When she, pregnant, drowned herself in the Serpentine P...
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