Erection date: 29/10/2014
Sir Thomas Peirson Frank, 1881 - 1951, Chief Engineer for London County Council, 1930 - 1946, saved London from drowning during the Blitz.
Institution of Civil Engineers
City of Westminster
Unveiled by the Audrey Lewis.
SW1, Victoria Tower Gardens
This plaque is attached to one of the repaired sections of the river wall damaged in WW2 and repaired by Peirson's secret rapid response unit.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Peirson Frank
Civil engineer. Born Yorkshire as Thomas Peirson Frank. Chief Engineer for L...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir Peirson Frank
The professional institution for civil engineers, with members in the UK and ...
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...
Had a career in advertising before being elected to Westminster City Council,...
The wording of this plaque is almost identical to that on the one that the Queen unveiled, plaque 2.
Jinnah had come to London to study Law at Lincoln's Inn between 1892 and 1896. A register of readers at the British Museum confirms that ...
Born 1881, editor of Punch, 1932 - 1949, E. V. Knox (Evoe), essayist and poet, lived here from 1945 until his death in 1971.
Above the door on the left is inscribed "1892". On the south face of this building are 4 inscribed stones laid by (left to right) JC Ran...
Let's cover the easy bit first: The German at the end translates as “The old falls, the times are changing and new life blooms from the r...
The monument was designed by Simpson. The Muse (naked lady) on the south face is a copy of Ford's own (for the Shelley memorial in Oxfor...
Landscape architect. Born Geoffrey Alan Jellicoe at 70 Wynnstay Gardens, Chelsea. Educated at the Architectural School in London, where he later became principal. Founding member of the Landscape I...
The round plaque can be see in our photo on the ground in front of the phone boxes.
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