Erection date: 27/3/2003
Siegfried Sassoon, MC, poet, novelist, biographer, 1886-1967, lived and worked in a house on this site, 1919-1925.
The Thorney Island Society
City of Westminster
SW1, Tufton Street, 54
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Siegfried Sassoon - SW1
Poet and writer. Born Siegfried Loraine (also spelt Lorraine or Louvain depen...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Siegfried Sassoon - SW1
A local conservation and amenity group founded in 1985 (following a campaign ...
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...
The library, by E. Vincent Harris and opened in 1960, is the building to the south, the left of our picture. The Library Time Machine mus...
LCC John Howard, 1726 - 1790, prison reformer lived here.
No explanation for the choice of name is given and we are not aware that Bentham was associated in any way with Tower Hamlets. 2025: Imm...
English Heritage Augustus Siebe, 1788 - 1872, pioneer of the diving helmet, lived and worked here.
Miloš Crnjanski, 1893 - 1977, Serbian author, lived and wrote here, 1953 - 1965. Serbian Council of Great Britain
These plaques were generously photographed for us, at great risk of life and limb, by Matt Brown of Londonist on a privileged visit to th...
The brothers Lawrence and Sebastian Gahagan, sculptors of note in London between 1760 and 1820, were Irishmen called Geoghegan at home.
Poet. Born Streatham Manor, Leigham Avenue (though his parents lived in Hampstead) into a wealthy family. Partially and progressively blind from age 18. Gay. Influenced by by classical myths. ...
The Pythons were: John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam and Eric Idle. Together they made 45 TV episodes over 4 series between 1969 and 1974 and went on to make fil...
Opera singer. Born Liverpool. Died at home, where the plaque now is.
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