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
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that ma...
The building is dated 1893 and presumably was named after Blackfriars Priory even though that was on the other side of the river.
The plaque is between platforms 3 and 4.
The Middlesex Hospital closed and was demolished in 2008. We cannot trace what has happened to any of its memorabilia, but believe that t...
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Samuel Pepys, 1633 - 1703, diarist and Secretary of the Admiralty, lived here, 1679 - 1688. London County Council
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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