This stone was laid by the Rt. Hon. Lord Reith, 17th July 1965.
WC1, Regent Square
Edward Irving was once the priest at the Gothic church that was on this site before WW2. Reith's parents were married in this church and he attended regularly when he first came to London after WW1.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Lord Reith - WC1
First Director-General of the BBC. Born Stonehaven, Kincardineshire. At 6' 6"...
Unusually for a memorial to civilian deaths the ages and genders are not given, but the repetition of surnames suggests that these deaths...
The wonderful A London Inheritance have a 1982 photo of the area before the current buildings were erectred. It shows the crane and LEP'...
Adam Faith (Terry Nelhams), 1940 - 2003, singer & actor born in a house on this site, destroyed by a V1 bomb in 1944. Ealing Council ...
The plaque is on the wall at pedestrian eye height, immediately below the clock. Numbers 384-392 did not become part of the hospital unt...
We thank Steve Roffey for alerting us to this item at Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association 1. We thank FNA for the photos and for their ca...
The millennium tree (in 2008 still a sapling) is in front of the half-timbered wall. The two yews commemorating the 850th anniversary are...
See Davison's page for an explanation of this plaque. While still thinking about how to arrange a 'site visit' to capture this important...
This mural repays some examination. Firstly, looking at the buildings in the background at the top: those at the right, with the 'Victory...
Publisher and newspaper distributor and Lord Mayor of London, 1918–1919. Born Streatham, son of Sir Horace Brooks Marshall, whose business he joined. His daughter married J. Arthur Rank. Searc...
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