Group    From 1961 

World Wildlife Fund

Now known as the World Wide Fund for Nature. It is an international non-governmental organisation, working in wilderness preservation, and the reduction of human intervention on the environment.

Julian Huxley and Max Nicolson were two of the founders of the organisation. The original panda logo was designed by Sir Peter Scott.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
World Wildlife Fund

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Jamrach's Emporium - bear

{Plaque beneath a statue of a bear} Over a hundred years ago on what was then...

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Jamrach's Emporium - tiger

{Plaque beneath a statue of a Bengal tiger and a boy:} In the early years of...

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Other Subjects

Courage brewery - Horselydown Lane

Courage brewery - Horselydown Lane

Founded by John Courage at the Anchor Brewhouse site.  The earliest existing building dates from 1871 and was largely rebuilt in 1894 - 1895. Reconstructed, restored and refurbished in 1985 - 1989....

Building, Commerce, Animals, Food & Drink

2 memorials
Beatrix Potter

Beatrix Potter

Artist, writer and sheep breeder. Born Helen Beatrix Potter at 2 Bolton Gardens, South Kensington where she lived in the third floor nursery until she was in her thirties. She used her second name ...

Person, Art, Children, Animals, Literature, Seriously Famous

1 memorial
Spratt's

Spratt's

Canine food specialists and operators of the "largest dog biscuit factory in the world" in Fawe Street, Poplar. Started by an American entrepreneur James Spratt, who introduced the biscuit to Lond...

Group, Commerce, Animals, Food & Drink, USA

1 memorial
Pebbles

Pebbles

Barbican Station's cat.

Animal, Animals

1 memorial
Sheridan’s Stables

Sheridan’s Stables

Harrow Through Time by Don Walter dates this bucolic image to 1795.

Building, Animals

1 memorial

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Alwina Cherry

Alwina Cherry

Killed as a result of a 13 October 1940 air raid on Coronation Avenue.

Person

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial