This building was the Head Office of W.H. Smith & Son from 1920 to 1976. The above sign was damaged by shrapnel from a German bomb during an air raid on the night of 10th October 1940.
WC2, Portugal Street
There are 3 plaques, all on the north face of this building, to the right of the entrance shown in the photograph.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Smiths - Head Office
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
Henry Walton Smith and his wife Anna opened a small newsvendors in 1792 in Li...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Smiths - Head Office
This plaque was placed on the Hospital's centenary. WH Smiths had given the H...
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{On the top plaque:} King's Cross Disaster Fund In memory of the 31 people wh...
King's Cross Station - Lewis Cubitt (1799 - 1883) architect.The station was o...
