Frank Roberts VC

Memorial: Frank Roberts VC

Erected 22/3/2017, 8 years ago

N1, Islington Green

In July 2018 the 5 VC plaques are laid into the esplanade in front of the war memorial, reading left to right: Parslow, Booth, Train, Say...

War served | WW1
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Pioneer John Henry Thomas Gast

Subject: Pioneer John Henry Thomas Gast

Died 22/3/1919, 106 years ago

John Henry Thomas Gast was born on 17 October 1880 in Marylebone, Middlesex (now Greater London), the son of Thomas Hunt Gast (1863-1923) and Mary Jane Gast née Beels (1849-1905). His birth was reg...

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Subject: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Died 22/3/1832, 193 years ago

Born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Died Weimar.

Person, Literature, Philosophy, Seriously Famous, Germany

2 memorials
Sir Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster

Subject: Sir Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster

Born 22/3/1767, 258 years ago

Born in the parish of St George, Hanover Square and educated at Harrow and Cambridge. Succeeded his father as Earl Grosvenor in 1802.  Became an MP in 1788 as a Tory but after the death of William ...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
John Hearn

Subject: John Hearn

Died 22/3/2021, 4 years ago

Conservationist. Born in Wapping hospital and known as Ernie. A printer until retirement. He moved to the Waterloo area in the 1960s and found there was a lack of open spaces for walking his dog. T...

Person, Community / Clubs, Gardens / Agriculture

1 memorial
Herbert Columbine VC

Memorial: Herbert Columbine VC

Erected 22/3/2018, 7 years ago

SE20, High Street, Penge Recreation Ground

In our photo you may be able to see the many poppies on the railings behind the cross - all have been knitted. Columbine's plaque is lai...

War dead | WW1
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
William Holford, Baron Holford

Subject: William Holford, Baron Holford

Born 22/3/1907, 118 years ago

Architect and town planner. Born South Africa. Designed a rejected plan for pedestrians to be raised on walkways around Piccadilly Circus, and a much-loathed Paternoster Square which was, partly, b...

Person, Architecture, South Africa

1 memorial
David Ingman

Subject: David Ingman

Born 22/3/1928, 97 years ago

David Charles Ingham was born on 22 March 1928, the younger son of Charles Ingman (1896-1983) and Hetty Muriel Ingham née Bevan (1897-1974). His father was a chemical engineer. The 1939 England and...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
James Braidwood

Memorial: James Braidwood

Erected 22/3/1862, 163 years ago

SE1, Tooley Street, 33

What a great plaque. The inscription is inside a laurel wreath, in front of a burning building. A hose snakes from the building, over the...

3 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
John Sayer VC

Memorial: John Sayer VC

Erected 22/3/2017, 8 years ago

N1, Islington Green

In July 2018 the 5 VC plaques are laid into the esplanade in front of the war memorial, reading left to right: Parslow, Booth, Train, Say...

War dead | WW1
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
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