WAFF
SW1, Victoria Embankment, Victoria Embankment Gardens - Whitehall section
The building behind is the former Air Ministry. We thank Jamie Davis for finding this link to the British Pathe news film of the unveiling. Laid into the platform are four bronze badges, anti-clockwise: RAF, RSF, Met Police, WAFF. They are rather fine so we have treated each one as a memorial.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Trenchard - WAFF
Formed by the British Colonial Office and served in WW1 and WW2. In 1928 bec...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Trenchard - WAFF
The war plaque is above the main entrance. The foundation stone for the Empire Memorial Sailors' Hostel is to the left of the front eleva...
Mrs Patrick Campbell, 1865 - 1940, actress, lived here.
Gwynne moved into this house in 1671 and died here. The entire south side of Pall Mall was owned by the Crown but in 1676 she was given t...
London County Council Charles Booth, 1840-1916, pioneer in social research lived here.
Difficult to photograph the whole building. We believe it extends across 7 window bays, our picture showing only the 5 left-most.
Walter Baker was born on 11 December 1896, the youngest of the five children of Walter Baker (b. circa 1858) and Martha Baker née Hornreeve (b. circa 1859). His birth was registered in the 1st quar...
Along the front edge of the bench 10 sets of deviders are carved and along the top of the back 6 of the Masons' shield.
The spelling is probably a good indication of which country funded this memorial.
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