This covered the area we would now call Inner London. It was run by the London County Council.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
County of London
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London Troops memorial plaque - Fulham
We recognised this as a flat version of the monument at the Royal Exchange an...
Other Subjects
Mrs R. M. Cohen
Director of Lady Workers' Homes Ltd in 1936. The initials "R. M." are almost certainly her husband's.
1 memorial
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
Samuel Kitching Ellison MRCS
Samuel Kitching Ellison was born in 1813 in Skipton, Yorkshire, the fifth of the eight children of James Ellison (c.1781-1851) and Arabella Ellison née Kitching (c.1781-1866). Baptismal records sho...
1 memorial
Comune di Caltagirone
Caltagirone is the town in Sicily, Italy, where Luigi Sturzo was born.
1 memorial
James Wagstaff
Churchwarden, 1855. Caroline's Miscellany has a post about Wagstaff. Watch out for his Facebook page - coming soon.
2 memorials
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Christine Granville
Wartime special agent. Britain’s first and longest-serving female WW2 secret agent. Born Maria Krystyna Janina Skarbek in Warsaw. When Germany invaded Poland her family moved to London and she joi...
Person, Espionage, Tragedy, Egypt, France, Hungary, Poland, Turkey
War served, WW2
1 memorial
William Shakespeare
Born and died in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birth date is usually given as the 23rd, the same date as his death, but all that is actually known is that he was baptised 3 days later, on the 26th. Even...
47 memorials
Frederick Horniman
Tea merchant, benefactor and politician. Born Frederick John Horniman at Bridgwater, Somerset. He inherited his father's tea business, which by 1891 was described as the biggest tea firm in the wor...
Person, Benefactor, Commerce, Museums / Libraries, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, India, Sri Lanka
3 memorials
West Hackney Almshouses / Cooke's Rents
Mainly from British History Online we've learnt the following: In 1740 Thomas Cooke, a director of the Bank of England, built almshouses, Cooke’s Rents, for 8 poor families with small children, and...
1 memorial
Sir John Betjeman
Poet Laureate 1972 - 1984. Conservation campaigner. Credited with saving the Midland Grand Hotel (now St Pancras Chambers) and the station at St Pancras from demolition and helping to achieve their...
11 memorials
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