Erection date: 1919
{On the panel, facing the Palace:}
Erected by "The Silver Thimble Fund", 1919.
{On the panel, facing the pond:}
In memory of our soldiers who fought in the Great War, 1914 - 1918.
W2, Broad Walk, Kensington Gardens
The person crouching in our photo is an artist, painting Kensington Palace. See Thimble shelters - north for more information.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Thimble shelters - south
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Thimble shelters - south
Miss {Elizabeth} H. E. Hope-Clarke of Wimbledon, inspired by her own damaged ...
The wording of this plaque is almost identical to that on the one that the Queen unveiled, plaque 2.
Photos from the other side of the street were made impossible by the bright sunshine. The Abbey plaque is trying to hide behind one of th...
Site of Theatre Royal Marylebone, 1832 – 1959, also known as the Royal West London Theatre. Home of the Victorian dramatic & music h...
Plaque unveiled by Councillor Carolyn Keen, Lord Mayor of Westminster. At the ceremony, a lamp was lit using the traditional pole.
Unveiled as part of the 50th anniversary of Jamaican independence.
