Aircraft pilot.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Captain Harry Gee
Commemorated ati
Heron Quays Station
This plaque marks the spot where on Sunday 27 June 1982, Captain Harry Gee of...
Other Subjects
First British public airmail flight
The balloon flight was organised to celebrate the coronation of King Edward VII, and was piloted by M. Auguste Eugine Gaudron and Dr Francis Alexander Barton. It ascended from the Croydon Road Recr...
1 memorial
Croydon airport
Croydon was London's first international airport. The terminal building, 1928 - 1959, was one of the first purpose-built terminal buildings in the world. The air traffic control tower is the first ...
3 memorials
Short Brothers
Pioneering aeronautical engineers. Oswald and Eustace formed a partnership in 1897, initially working on balloons. They supplied Charles Rolls, amongst others. In 1908 Horace joined, the company wa...
1 memorial
DHC Dash 7
DHC stands for De Havilland Canada. It was a turboprop-powered airliner with STOL (short take-off and landing) capabilities. It first flew in 1975 and remained in production until 1988. The plane w...
1 memorial
Historic Croydon Airport Trust
From their website: The Historic Croydon Airport Trust was founded in 1978 as the Croydon Airport Society. It set out to conserve the history and heritage of London Croydon Airport, Britain’s first...
2 memorials
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Newgate
EC1, Newgate Street, Old Bailey
Site of Newgate, demolished 1777. The Corporation of the City of London
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Rector William Stone
Rector of Christ Church Spitalfields between, at least, 1837 - 1845. At Recollections of Spitalfields we learn that Stone went on to become Canon of St. Paul's. We found little information about S...
2 memorials
Film decorative stringcourse
NW6, Kilburn High Road, 249
19th century houses are frequently decorated with terracotta decorations, often painted. These tend to repeat and recur and we assume the...
Royal Canadian Air Force - WW2 HQ, monument
WC1, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 20 - 28
This monument is in Lincoln's Inn Square garden, opposite the building at number 20.
2 subjects commemorated
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