This building was opened as the headquarters of the National Institute for the Deaf by His Majesty King George VI when HRH the Duke of York on the 11th day of June 1936.
WC1, Gower Street, 105
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Royal National Institute for the Deaf
Established in 1911 as the National Bureau for Promoting the General Welfare ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Royal National Institute for the Deaf
Became king when his brother, Edward VIII, abdicated. Like his father George ...
Site of St. Margaret's Church (13th century) and the Borough Compter. Historic Southwark
Jack Cornwell V.C. 1900 - 1916 Adjacent to this site stood Clyde Cottage birthplace of John Travers Cornwell the youngest recipient of t...
The large aluminium sculpture "Winged Figure" on the side of the building is by Barbara Hepworth. See Ornamental Passions for commentary ...
The halo and the baby would suggest the woman represented is the Virgin Mary but she may also represent the less revered mothers who were...
London County Council William Pitt the younger, 1759 - 1806, lived here, 1803 - 1804.
