Sir Edward Henry, 1850 - 1931, Metropolitan Police Commissioner 1903 - 1918, and pioneer of fingerprint identification, lived here, 1903 - 1920.
English Heritage
W8, Sheffield Terrace, 19
In 1912 this doorstep was the site of an assassination attempt. Henry arrived home to be met by a gunman, a disgruntled cab driver who'd been refused a licence.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Edward Henry
Metropolitan Police Commissioner 1903 - 1918, pioneer of fingerprint identifi...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir Edward Henry
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Michael Faraday the father of modern electrical science was born near here. Historic Southwark
The information board you can see in the photo has a plan showing the location of the 5 different plaques that commemorate the Great Exhi...
We think this plaque was probably erected in 1882 when the land was repurposed from burial ground to a garden, but a lot of the inscripti...
London County Council Samuel Morse, 1791 - 1872, American painter, and inventor of the Morse Code, lived here, 1812 - 1815.
English Heritage Paul Nash, 1889 - 1946, artist, lived in flat 176, 1914 - 1936.
The picture source website provides lots of useful information on the CIM.
These 3 plaques are in the place previously occupied by the John Betjeman and Marylebone Station plaques, which have been moved to a loca...
Member of the ARP/Civil Defence Services - stretcher bearer. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Albert Edward Littlewort was born on 23 September 1911 in Poplar, a son of Albert Edwar...
A socialist song, written by Jim Connell. (supposedly on a train journey between Charing Cross and New Cross). It is the anthem of the British Labour Party, and is usually sung at the end of their ...
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