Peabody tenants - past and present
This is an odd little obelisk, with minimal information. We wonder if the form is intended to recall the obelisk at nearby St George's Circus, which went walk-about 1897-1998. If you have any informtion please contact us.
SE1, Blackfriars Road
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Peabody tenants
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Peabody tenants
To mark the centenary of the founding of the Peabody Donation Fund by George ...
The lists(totalling 248 names) are all in alphabetical sequence except for the last 21 in the Army list. We note this because it indicate...
The cross looks as if the church was designed to hold it, but no. St Peters was built 1824-27 and this section, by Sir Arthur Blomfield, ...
This memorial used to be at the police station where PC Blakelock served, nearby at 115 Fortis Green, but when that was closed the memori...
Designed by Aston Webb with figures by Alfred Drury. The Duke of York who unveiled this later became George VI. Also present were the L...
Note that the arrangement of the names on the back has been well-designed: they are in alphabetical sequence and fit neatly onto the ston...
Our colleague Andrew Behan has kindly researched this man: Leading Airman John Charles Archer Bensted was born on 29 December 1923 in Balham, the younger son of Edward John Bensted and Margaret Ben...
Son of Baron de Stern. Started in his father's banking business but left in about 1910 to form his own, Herbert Stern & Co. First Baron Michelham. Died 26 Prince's Gate.
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