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...
2018: The house is for sale: "A Grade II-listed, two-story house in West London that’s been owned for the last 116 years by the family of...
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L.C.C. 1911 Michael William Balfe (1808 - 1870), musical composer, lived here.
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The image on the plaque is taken from Merry-Go-Round, Mark Gertler's 1916 painting, possibly inspired by the roundabout at the annual Ham...
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