Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest. Given on the mural as ‘Edwin Summer’.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Charlie Sumner
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Poplar Rate Rebels mural - 1
The mural refers to "30 councillors" but actually names only 29. The count o...
Other Subjects
Henry Shrubsole
Banker, draper and former mayor of Kingston upon Thames: 1877, 1878 and 1879. At an annual dinner given for the poor, he had just finished his speech and was in the act of presenting a small packet...
1 memorial
Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury, Viscount Cranborne
Conservative politician. Wikipedia has the wonderful phrase "In 1947, he succeeded his father in the marquessate...".
1 memorial
Councillor W. W. Paton
JP and Mayor of West Ham 1951-52. Also a Reverend.
1 memorial
James Wheeler
Father of James Baldwin Wheeler. "Glover" - we think this means he was a member of the Glovers guild, rather than actually made gloves.
1 memorial
Major-General Thomas Harrison
Executed for regicide. In the civil war he fought on the side of Parliament against King Charles I. Close to Cromwell, he was elected to the Long Parliament, sat as a judge in the King's trial and...
1 memorial
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Able Seaman Andrew Leonard Clark
Andrew Leonard Clark was born on 23 October 1897 the son of Andrew Thomas Clark (1866-1941) and Eliza Clark née Nottage (1862-1959). His birth was registered in the 4th quarter of 1897 in the Mary...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
cyclist Danny
W2, Praed Street
We captured this memorial a few years ago (c. 2006) and don't know if it has survived the traffic.
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
George MacDonald - W6
W6, Upper Mall, 26, Kelmscott House
The small building was built as the coach-house to number 26. The Ronalds and Hammersmith Socialists plaques are on the small building (w...
1 subject commemorated
Henry Patrick Hobbs
Henry Patrick Hobbs was killed in the Moorgate tube disaster. When his death was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1975 in the London City Registration District, his date of birth was given as 18 Ap...
1 memorial
Sir John Soane, R.A. F.R.S.
Architect and collector. Born in Goring-on-Thames, son of a bricklayer. Architect of the Bank of England, the Dulwich Picture Gallery, St. John’s, Bethnal Green and his own tomb. He also rebuilt mu...
7 memorials
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