{On front of plinth:}
William Edward Forster, born July 11 1818, died April 5 1886.
To his wisdom and courage England owes the establishment throughout the land of a national system of elementary education.
{Around base of statue, anti-clockwise, starting at the front:}
William Edward Forster, for twenty-five years, Member of Parliament, for Bradford 1861- 1886.
WC2, Victoria Embankment Gardens
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
William Forster
Born Dorset. Member of Parliament for Bradford, 1861- 1886, where there is an...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
William Forster
Bob Speel tells us that this sculptor's works are rare, in London at least, b...
London County Council Sir George Cayley, 1773 - 1857, scientist and pioneer of aviation, lived here.
Stainer Street Arch Bombing On the night of 17th February 1941 a bomb fell onto the arch where people were sheltering from an air raid. ...
We wonder what the various shapes on the plaque represent? Nappy wipes and other unmentionables that get flushed down the loo, and should...
LookandLearn has a photo of the building, no.1, before it was demolished. The Dickens relief also commemorates his stay at this address.
Historic England has ""Kupron bronze plaque on 1st floor designed in 1908 by C Fitzroy Doll, Bedford Estate surveyor, from a model by C L...
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