Group    From 1941 

Association of Jewish Refugees

The AJR provides an extensive range of social and welfare services, and grants financial assistance to Jewish victims of Nazi persecution living in Great Britain.

The AJR’s plaque scheme honours prominent Jewish émigrés from Nazism who made a significant contribution to their adopted homeland.

This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Association of Jewish Refugees

Creations i

Cosmo Restaurant

November 2014 the plaque was reported as "torn down" but, with promises of a ...

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Kindertransport - Meisler

Such a sad and touching subject, these children can't fail but bring to mind ...

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Otto Schiff

Otto Schiff, CBE, 1875 - 1952, founder and director of the Jewish Refugees Co...

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Professor Sir Ernst Chain

The plaque was unveiled on or shortly before 10 April 2019. It was not yet on...

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Rabbi Leo Baeck

Rabbi Dr Leo Baeck, 1873 - 1956, theologian, teacher and philosopher, lived h...

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Other Subjects

Effie Bourne Taylour

Effie Bourne Taylour

One of the 11 "children of England" present on 7th July 1933 when The Princess Royal laid a foundation stone for a nurses home for the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.

Person, Children

1 memorial
Horatia Nelson

Horatia Nelson

Only child of Lord Horatio Nelson, was baptised at St Marylebone church in 1803.

Person, Children

1 memorial
Oxford and St George’s Club / St George’s Settlement

Oxford and St George’s Club / St George’s Settlement

From University of Southampton: "Based in a disused hostel on 125 Cannon Street Road, the Oxford and St George’s Club began in 1914 with a membership of 25 boys. The Club got its name from Basil’s ...

Group, Children, Community / Clubs, Education

2 memorials
Francis Lord Derwent

Francis Lord Derwent

Francis Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 2nd Baron Derwent. Army officer and landowner. Attended Eton, 1864-9.  First born son to Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone of Hackness Grange, Scarborough. Harcourt...

Person, Armed Forces, Children, Property, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Eton Mission and Eton Manor Clubs

Eton Mission and Eton Manor Clubs

The private boys school Eton College launched a scheme to provide social and religious support to people living in Hackney Wick and to familiarise privileged schoolboys with social conditions in de...

Place, Children, Community / Clubs, Religion, Sport / Games

4 memorials