In memory of the residents of University College Hall who gave their lives in the Great War 1914 - 1918.
{This is followed by a list of 26 names in alphabetical sequence. See the Subjects Commemorated for the names}
WC1, Foster Court, Malet Place
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
University College Hall WW1
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
Edward Sylvester Blake was born on 31 December 1896 in Wilnecote, Warwickshir...
Lieutenant Cyril Huleatt Brew was born in 1894 in Chew Magna, Somerset, the s...
John Chapman was born circa 1887 in Middleton St George, Durham, the second o...
Private Orazio Abbott Corte was born as Orazio Corte on 27 December 1891 in T...
The 2 stone plaques are embedded in the low retaining wall of the flower bed at the foot of the large blue panel. The difference in wordi...
Our thanks once again to David Hopkins for his generosity with his Latin knowledge.
We've heard it said that no one ever puts up a memorial to a committee. Perhaps the rules doesn't apply if the committee are in charge of...
Freddy Randall, 1921 - 1999, a trumpet-hero and true legend of British jazz, lived in this house. Waltham Forest Heritage
"They shall grow not old..." is by Binyon. "When you go home..." is by Maxwell. But we cannot identify the "...marching with their comrad...
Most statues have plinths, which often carry the identity of the statue but little more. The plinth for this Millicent Fawcett statue is ...
The monument, officially titled the Prince Consort National Memorial, celebrates Victorian achievement and Prince Albert's passions and i...
Excluding the allegories (such as Knowledge) there are 36 statues on the two public façades of the V&A Museum, on Exhibition Road and...
Conductor. Born Adrian Cedric Boult in Chester. He studied in London and Leipzig, and conducted for the Royal Opera House. He became conductor of the City of Birmingham Orchestra in 1924, and was a...
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