Group    From 1930 

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Categories: Music / songs

Founded as a joint project between the BBC and Sir Adrian Boult. It is now the principal orchestra which plays at the Proms.

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

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BBC Symphony Orchestra

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Maida Vale Studios

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Richard William Robertson

Richard William Robertson

For 39 years the organist of All Saints Talbot Road, W11. Andrew Behan has researched Robertson: Richard William Robertson was born in Kensington in 1880, the eldest of the eleven children of Will...

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Richmond Michael Jokhan

Richmond Michael Jokhan

Richmond Michael Jokhan was born on 14 November 1959, the eldest of the five children of Benny Jokhan (1931-2023) and Bernadine Jokhan née Roberts. His birth was registered as Michael R. Jokhan in ...

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1 memorial
J. Witty

J. Witty

Student of Trinity College of Music, killed in WW1.

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1 memorial
Linda Eastman

Linda Eastman

Photographer, musician and animal rights activist and Paul McCartney's first wife, of 29 years. Mother of fashion designer Stella and musician James.

Person, Music / songs, Seriously Famous, USA

1 memorial

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W. C. Woodruff

W. C. Woodruff

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
S. J. Warren

S. J. Warren

Assistant Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1900-1945. Commander in the Order of St John.

Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
J. W. Pender

J. W. Pender

Either lost his life, or gave distinguished service to the London Fire Brigade, and was buried in the Highgate Cemetery plot between 1884 and 1955.

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1 memorial
Guy, Earl of Warwick

Guy, Earl of Warwick

EC1, Warwick Lane

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Sir Niikolaus Pevsner - blue plaque

Sir Niikolaus Pevsner - blue plaque

NW3, Wildwood Terrace, 2

July 2022: We thank Philip Broke for alerting us to the presence of the blue plaque, which has replaced the black one.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator