In loving memory of Sir Roy Watts Kt, Chairman of Thames Water 1983-1993 and a Freeman of the City of London, who tragically drowned near this spot on 27th April 1993.
1925-1993
A very sad plaque. Watts's home was somewhere in this area but his body was actually found near Westminster Bridge. We don't know on what basis the plaque assumes the drowning took place near this spot.
SW11, Riverside Walk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Roy Watts
Chief Executive of British Airways and then Chairman of Thames Water. Obituar...
2017: Our colleague, Alan Patient, informs us that this plaque has gone.
From the BBC: Mr Cochrane was returning home from a visit to the local hospital when he was attacked by a white gang. One of the men sta...
The plaque is in this passageway close to the entrance photographed. The sculpture panel is further in, attached to the wall on the left...
From an Islington Borough website: The bomb completely destroyed the once rather splendid Highbury and Islington Station {but see below}...
His four children and sister were present at the unveiling.
