Sculptor and medalist. Born 24 Hedley Road, Shepherd's Bush. Many commissions for the Royal Mint. Other work in London: the Tubby Clayton and Alfred Henry Forster tombs (effectively horizontal statues), both in All Hallows by the Tower. 1919 moved into 108 Old Brompton Road. Died Kensington. His will gifted the Old Brompton Road house and studio to the Royal Society of British Sculptors who are still based there. Our photo is dated 1925.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Cecil Thomas
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Crucifixion
The crucifixion sculpture was created by Cecil Thomas and installed as part o...
Nash at Church of All Souls
{On the front face of the plinth:} John Nash, 1752 - 1835, architect. {On a...
Sir Follett Holt
Since they are rather lovely we chose to photo one of the gate-post sculpted ...
Other Subjects
Joshua Marshall
King Charles II’s Master Mason. Also worked on St Paul's Cathedral and the Temple Bar and did much work in the rebuilding of the City after the Great Fire. Born and died London.
1 memorial
Doreen Kern
British sculptor. From Art UK: "Sculptor in bronze. Technical knowledge was acquired while working at The Morris Singer Foundry, and she also studied at The Hampstead Garden Suburb Institute. Showe...
1 memorial
Charles Whiffen
Sculptor. Our colleague Andrew Behan has kindly researched this man: Charles Edward Whiffen was born in 1867 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, the son of Edward Whiffen and Jane Whiffen née Adams. Hi...
1 memorial
1 memorial
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Edgar Wilson
Maker of model houses. Born c.1870. At the time he made the villages he was about 75 years old and living at 70 Hamilton Road, Norwood. The Friends of Vauxhall Park are very informative: "The Mode...
1 memorial
George Dance the younger
Architect. Son of the architect George Dance the Elder, one of the 4 original members of the Royal Academy, he designed Newgate Prison and St Luke's Hospital. John Soane was his pupil. We have see...
4 memorials
Jean Rhys
Writer. Born Ella Gwendoline Rees Williams in Hillsborough Street, Roseau, Dominica. She moved to England in 1910 and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. After marrying in 1919, she moved...
1 memorial
Bermondsey Abbey - Bermondsey Square
SE1, 3 Bermondsey Square
Photos from the other side of the street were made impossible by the bright sunshine. The Abbey plaque is trying to hide behind one of th...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
William Wollaston - lost plaque
W1, Greenwell Street, 14
We 'discovered' this lost plaque while researching Sir Frederick Hopkins. From: “Whatever is Under the Earth the Geological Society of L...
1 subject commemorated,
4 creators
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