Charles Sargeant Jagger

Charles Sargeant Jagger

SW11, Albert Bridge Road, 67

Charles Sargeant Jagger 1885 - 1934, sculptor, lived and died here. English Heritage

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Royal Hospital School

Royal Hospital School

SE10, Romney Road, National Maritime Museum

The buildings of this museum were occupied until 1933 by the Royal Hospital School. Founded in 1694 for the sons of seamen of the Royal ...

1 subject commemorated
Rainbow Corner

Rainbow Corner

WC2, Shaftesbury Avenue, 23

We thank Jamie Davis for finding this link to the British Pathe news film of the unveiling and this Newspaper Archive report from the Nor...

2 subjects commemorated
Oranjehaven

Oranjehaven

W2, Hyde Park Place, 23

Oranjehaven This building served as a club endowed in 1942 by Her Majesty Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands for Dutchmen having escaped...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Temple Bar - Theobalds Park

Temple Bar - Theobalds Park

EN7, Theobald's Lane, Theobalds Park

This memorial to the arch is on the lawn beside the approach road to the manor house.

7 subjects commemorated
President Reagan statue

President Reagan statue

W1, Grosvenor Square

Don't know about you but we find this type of inscription very tedious, and suspect a committee, probably more than one, has had a hand i...

2 subjects commemorated, 17 creators
St Mary's Hospital - Fifth Army

St Mary's Hospital - Fifth Army

W2, Norfolk Place, St Mary's Hospital - Cambridge wing

The red fox was the insignia of the Fifth Army.

2 subjects commemorated
Runnymede Air Forces Memorial

Runnymede Air Forces Memorial

TW20, Cooper's Hill Lane

The poem was apparently written soon after the memorial was completed.  Photo of the engraving. The “ML, 7 April 1952” is probably the f...

1 subject commemorated, 4 creators
Davey

Davey

E1, Hermitage Riverside Memorial Garden

Most of the text is professionally carved but 'Davey' is less skillful. Something about this memorial makes us think that Davey was a pet.

1 subject commemorated
Civilian deaths in WW2 - Blitz East London

Civilian deaths in WW2 - Blitz East London

E1, Hermitage Riverside Memorial Garden

The lettering on the plinth does not look contemporary with the dove sculpture. It has the look of having originally been on a older mem...

4 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
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