Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Alfred Purssell
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Tower Bridge, 1894 - opening
In 1894 the royal personages listed at the top of the plaque as: Prince of Wa...
Other Subjects
1 memorial
Mahommed Ali, viceroy of Egypt
Viceroy of Egypt in 1819. Born in what is now Macedonia. Regarded as the founder of modern Egypt. Died Alexandria.
1 memorial
Charles de Gaulle
Born Lille, France. Height 6 ft, 5 inches, nicknamed Le Grande Asperge. President of France 1958-69. Just like Queen Wilhelmina, while in London he used the BBC to send popular messages of resistan...
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, France
5 memorials
1 memorial
William Henry Matthews
J.P., Churchwarden and chairman of the St Pancras Vestry in 1897.
2 memorials
Previously viewed
Southwark Fire Station, HQ and Training Centre
This location has hosted 4 buildings important to the history of the London Fire Brigade. We’ll tell the story chronologically. In 1777 a new St Saviour’s workhouse, by George Gwilt the Elder, wa...
2 memorials
J. E. Stanley Lewis
Born in Ottawa. Ottawa's longest serving mayor, 1936 to 1948. The photo shows him in 1946 the year of the planting of the tree that he gifted but we don't think he was at the event.
1 memorial
Union Chapel, Islington
From Union Chapel: "Our story ... started in 1799 when dissenting congregants from St Mary’s, Upper Street began worshipping together in a private house in Highbury Grove." This was number 18. "E...
3 memorials
William Whiteley - bust
KT12, Whiteley Village
The Listing text says the statue and the relief are of copper, not the more usual bronze. The front of the plinth below the seated lady s...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Mog Murphy
Eccentric landlady of the Turk's Head Wapping during WW2 - stayed open all hours for service personnel seeking news of their loved ones.
1 memorial
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