We are grateful to David Lewis, Chairman of the Hampstead Garden Suburb Residents Association for bringing this plaque to our attention. ...
In our photo the plaque can be seen on the first floor, above the taxi.
Semley, Wiltshire was the home of Yvonne Fletcher until she became a Police Constable in the Metropolitan Police. She was shot while on duty outside the Libyan Embassy in St James Square, London an...
Born Camden Place, Southampton Street, Camberwell. Bibliographer and forger. An authority on the lives and works of Shelley and Keats. He also had a lifelong career in the Post Office and was award...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Literature, Museums / Libraries, Politics & Administration
Fred Perry, 1909 - 1995, tennis champion, lived here, 1919 - 1935. English Heritage
Alamy have a photo of the unveiling.
Wartime special agent. Britain’s first and longest-serving female WW2 secret agent. Born Maria Krystyna Janina Skarbek in Warsaw. When Germany invaded Poland her family moved to London and she joi...
Person, Espionage, Tragedy, Egypt, France, Hungary, Poland, Turkey
Composer. Born Edvard Hagerup Grieg in Bergen, Norway, of Scottish descent (the surname was originally Greig). He spent some years in Copenhagen and was encouraged by several young composers there....
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 21 August 1917, age 30, while serving in the 29th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. "He coolly led his men against a strong point, displaying courage and pe...
Haroon Shamsher 1965 - 1999 founder of influential music collective Joi lived here. Awarded by BBC Asian Network BBC Music Day British Pl...
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