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:
Croydon victims of WW1
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Croydon Minster war memorial - cross
"They died that we might live." is a quite common inscription on war memorial...
Other Subjects
London School of Tropical Medicine
This school was founded in 1899 at the Albert Dock Seamen's Hospital by Patrick Manson, the Chief Medical Officer to the Colonial Office. The School moved to he Endsleigh Gardens site in 1920. The ...
Palmer Tyre Company
From Car History: In June 1892 John F. Palmer (American) obtained two US patents for a “thread-fabric” bicycle pneumatic tire. Shortly afterwards he moved to England; registering the Palmer Tire Co...
The Shadows
Music group comprising Jet Harris, Hank B. Marvin and Bruce Welch on strings and Tony Meehan on drums. Originally known as The Drifters, they became Cliff Richard's backing group. They changed thei...
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Federica Baldassa
Killed by a Greggs delivery vehicle at about 21.20 on a Friday evening, aged 26. The lorry was turning left into Bloomsbury Square (some yards west of the site of the ghost bike). Came here fro...
Grinling Gibbons
Born Rotterdam. Wood carver and sculptor. Other works in London: a marble font in St James's Piccadilly, carvings in Whitehall Palace. Lived and died in Bow Street. See Discovering London for some ...
Auxiliary Firewoman Violet Irene Pengelly
Firewoman with the Auxiliary Fire Service. Killed during an air-raid at Cubitt Town School which was being used as an emergency depot. She was aged 19. Violet Irene Pengelly was born on 4 January ...
Crunchy - Grey Eagle Street
E1, Grey Eagle Street
Look to the roof-line to see Crunchy. We photographed this in 2020 and, given all the developments in the area (and our backlog) it's qu...
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