{Beneath garlands of hops:}
To the memory of the men of the London Hop Trade who died for us in the Great War
{Followed by 33 names. See Commemorated Subjects for the list:}
Their name liveth forever.
Credit to Researching the Past for the splendid research on the names on this memorial.
SE1, Borough High Street, 32 - 34, a pub (name keeps changing)
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
London hop trade war memorial
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
Hops were introduced to England from the Netherlands. They were grown princip...
Private. Number 1538, of the London Regiment, 15th County of London Batallion...
Corporal. Number G/5125 of the 10th Battalion of the Queen's (Royal West Surr...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
London hop trade war memorial
Site of St. Margaret's Church (13th century) and the Borough Compter. Histori...
The bronze statue on the plinth is of an infantryman tramping through mud. Th...
The Bessemer plaque is on the pillar to the right, the Baxter plaque is on the wall to the left. A plaque was erected on the original ho...
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The Strand underpass is a one-way vehicle tunnel connecting Waterloo Bridge to Kingsway near Holborn. Opened in 1964, most of it was buil...
The inscription is on the pier to the right. The one on the left is blank. See also gate piers - south.
Manufactured in a house at the north end of Lawrence Street SW3, 1745-1784. The factory was founded by two Frenchmen, Charles Gouyn, a goldsmith and Nicholas Sprimont, a silversmith. It was the fir...
Formed to campaign for the conservation, use, maintenance, restoration and sensitive development of British canals and rivers. One of its founders was the author Robert Aickman. The author Elizabet...
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