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 1830 map has the Duffield Sluice marked on the river bank just to the north-west of this building, where there is now a patch of gree...
These 6 plaques are on the east elevation of the building, below the ground floor windows. We have numbered the plaques left to right. F...
London County Council Robert Gascoyne Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, 1830 - 1903, Prime Minister, lived here.
The quotation compares The Cock with Vauxhall Gardens.
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...
One of the founders (1868) of Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society (RACS). First full-time secretary from 1882 until his death. He was the son of Skye crofters and served an apprenticeship of five y...
Imperial Camel Corps, British Contingent, 2nd Battalion. Awarded the MC.
Sir Ambrose Heal, 1872 - 1959, furniture designer, and retailer lived here 1901 - 1917. English Heritage
Sculptor. Educated at Southwark College of Art and Design. He has produced many sculptures for films and television programmes.
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