Westminster City Council
Pioneer aviator, sailor and author, Sir Francis Chichester KBE, 1901 - 1972, single-handed circumnavigator of the World, 1966 - 67, lived here 1944 - 1972.
The Royal Institute of Navigation
SW1, St James's Place, 9
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Francis Chichester
Pioneer aviator, sailor and author. Single-handedly circumnavigated the Worl...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir Francis Chichester
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...
Ralph Downes CBE, 1904 - 1993, organist and organ designer, lived here 1945 - 1993. Ealing Civic Society Ealing Council
At British History On-line we read that it closed in 1923, not 1915 as per the plaque.
The "A"s are certainly the anarchists' 'A' symbol but we don't understand what the hands signify. The gesture shows the thumb and first f...
Since the plaque is unchanged we thought that, rather than show a second photo of the same plaque, it would be more interesting to show h...
He lived here for nearly 50 years from 1936 until his death in 1983.
Sir Benjamin Baker, 1840 - 1907, civil engineer, designer of the Forth Bridge, lived here 1881 - 1894. English Heritage
Born East London, 36 Broad Street Buildings.
Founded by Elias Davy (the correct spelling of his name), and originally built for seven people of either sex and enlarged for twelve people in 1875. Residents transferred to newly built almshous...
Naval officer. Born Hampshire. Governor of Greenwich Hospital, 1821 until his death there. The Greenwich monument has his name spelt 'Keates'; all other sources have 'Keats'.
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