See Farquar Shaw for the story of the Black Watch mutiny.
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Corporal Samuel MacPhearson
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Tower of London execution site
Catling wrote the poem as well as creating the sculpture. Doesn't that cushio...
Other Subjects
Sir Victor Horsley
Scientist and soldier. Born Victor Alexander Haden Horsley in 2 Tor Villas, Campden Hill, Kensington. As a physician, he developed many practical neurosurgical techniques and was the first person t...
Person, Armed Forces, Medicine, Politics & Administration, Egypt, France, Iraq
1 memorial
Frederick John Wonderling
Frederick John Wunderling was born on 21 June 1914, the sixth of the eight children of William Frederick John Wunderling (1879-1946) and Eliza Ann Wunderling née Brady (1878-1927). His birth was re...
1 memorial
Pilot Officer Anthony Sainte Croix Rose, BA
Anthony Sainte Croix Rose was born on 17 February 1910 in Chipperfield, Hertfordshire, the son of Harcourt George Sainte Croix Rose (1883-1955) and Florence Norah Rose née Deane (1884-1970). The bi...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Second Lieutenant Frederick Johnson, VC
Soldier. Born Frederick Henry Johnson in Streatham. In an attack on Hill 70 in the Battle of Loos on 25th September, 1915, he was with a section of his company of the Royal Engineers. Although woun...
War dead, WW1
2 memorials
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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Evan Evans Bevan
WC1, Mecklenburgh Square
David Hopkins has kindly provided the translation for us. Dave says "I was puzzled by the word Nidianus/i, which appears after his name a...
2 subjects commemorated
Southern Syncopated Orchestra
Jazz band. Founded by Will Marion Cook, the all-black band included performers from many areas including the U.S.A., the Caribbean and Ghana. They became extremely popular throughout Europe and per...
2 memorials
Sir Walter John Tapper, KCVO, FRIBA, RA, FSA
Sir Walter John Tapper, KCVO, FRIBA, RA, FSA, was born on 21 April 1861 in Bovey Tracey, Devon, the youngest of the six children of George Tapper (1816-1877) and Elizabeth Tapper née Medland (1818-...
2 memorials
Toynbee Hall clock
E1, Commercial Street, Toynbee Hall
The top plaque claims the 1965 restoration was in appreciation of "the half century", but of what? We can't find anything relevant to To...
4 subjects commemorated
Alderman Fred J. Read
Chairman Building Committee to build the 1909 Bethnal Green Town Hall.
1 memorial
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