Queen Elizabeth II was actually born on 21 April 1926, but since 1959 official celebrations have taken place on the second Saturday of June which in 2016 was the 11th.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II
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The Chase - street party - birthday
The birthday was on Saturday 11 June, so we take the date on the plaque to re...
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Empress Matilda / Empress Maud
Maud / Maude / Matilda was the daughter of King Henry I. Married aged 12 to the future Holy Roman Emperor, Henry V, she moved to Germany and then Italy. When her husband died, 1125, her father move...
King George II
Born Hanover, Germany, died Kensington, Palace, London. Reigned: 1727 - 1760. Notable as the last British sovereign to fight alongside his soldiers (in Germany, against the French). Also the king w...
Bridewell Palace / Prison
Built by Henry VIII, who lived there 1515-23. It deteriorated so that Edward VI gave it to the City of London who then used it as a prison, hospital (actually school) and workrooms. "Bridewell" was...
Alfred the Great
King of the West Saxons and of the Anglo-Saxons. Born Wantage. Introduced a level of education not previously known in Anglo-Saxon England for his sons, those of other nobles and even clever boys o...
Henry VIII’s Manor House
King Henry VIII got to know Chelsea during his visits to Sir Thomas More and moved to the old manor house in 1510. The house was originally owned by the Bray family who eventually surrendered it to...
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Croydon Road Recreation Ground
The land was purchased by the Beckenham Local Board to provide a public open space which had been lacking since the loss of the Fair Field for housing in the 1870s. The site was part of open farmla...
Doctor Alfred Salter - SE10
SE10, Greenwich South Street, 23
Birthplace in 1873 of Dr. Alfred Salter, Quaker and first Labour M.P. for Bermondsey. A tireless crusader against sickness and poverty.
Silver Jubilee urn
WC1, Queen Square
Hughes became Poet Laureate a few years later and Larkin was of similar standing. In our view their lines for the jubilee do not greatly ...
Edith Cavell at Royal London Hospital
E1, Whitechapel Road, Royal London Hospital
English Heritage Edith Cavell, 1865 - 1915, pioneer of modern nursing in Belgium and heroine of the Great War, trained and worked here, 1...
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men and women of the London Midland and Scottish Railway
The building in which some of these people worked is nearby. 1934 Euston House was built on what is now Eversholt Street as the headquarters of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. Designed by...
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