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,...
English Heritage John Desmond Bernal, 1901 - 1971, crystallographer, lived and died here.
Charles Sargeant Jagger 1885 - 1934, sculptor, lived and died here. English Heritage
Greater London Council John Tallis, 1816 - 1876, publisher of London street views, lived here.
The 1950 film Night and the City shows Richard Widmark entering Brydges Place, the extremely narrow passage immediately to the south of t...
Unveiled exactly 109 years after he was born.