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National Maritime Museum

One of a trio of Greenwich museums, the others being the Royal Observatory and the Queen's House.

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National Maritime Museum

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National Maritime Museum - openings

The National Maritime Museum, occupying the former buildings of the Greenwich...

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James Richard Stanhope

James Richard Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope K.G., P.C., D.S.O., M.C., 1880 - 19...

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Titanic Memorial Garden

The white information board that can be seen in the photograph reads: "The T...

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Other Subjects

Sapper McLaren

Sapper McLaren

Royal Engineer killed by an exploding bomb while assisting in the attempt to disarm it. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man: Sapper Edward McLaren was born about 1918 in ...

Person, Armed Forces, Tragedy, Scotland

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent

John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent

Naval officer, administrator and trainer. Born Staffordshire.  Defeated the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797.  Recognised the potential of the young Nelson and brought him on....

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Private William Jones

Private William Jones

There is some confusion about this man. According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website, William Jones was born in 1875 a son of Hugh and Bridget Jones who lived in Listowel, County Ker...

Person, Armed Forces, France, Ireland

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
H. Frew

H. Frew

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
P. J. Jordan

P. J. Jordan

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial

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Greater London Council

Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its left-wing politics, nor its leader, Ken Livingstone.  On its 50th anniversary Diamond Geezer posted a goo...

Group, Politics & Administration

241 memorials
Edward the Confessor

Edward the Confessor

King of England. Son of Ethelred the Unready. Born between 1003 and 1005 at Islip, near Oxford. He is regarded as the last king of the house of Wessex. Little is known of his early life, except tha...

Person, Royalty, France

4 memorials
Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames

Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames

The oldest of the three royal boroughs in England, it was formed in 1965 by the merger of the municipal boroughs of Kingston-upon-Thames (which itself was a Royal Borough), Malden and Coombe and Su...

Group, Politics & Administration

8 memorials
Battle of Culloden

Battle of Culloden

Final confrontation of the 1745 Jacobite Rising and the last battle fought on British soil.  The supporters of Bonnie Prince Charlie fought King George II's forces led by the Duke of Cumberland.  T...

Event, Armed Forces, Scotland

2 memorials
Roman boat

Roman boat

In 1958-60 a Roman boat was discovered in what is now almost five metres under the Guy's Cancer Centre. It is 15 metres long and is believed to have sunk, AD 190 - 225, in what is now known as the ...

Vehicle, Romans

1 memorial