Our picture shows Queen Elizabeth II in the River Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant which took place in the cold and pouring rain on 3 June. Diamond represents 60 years.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
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2012 Commemorations - Blackheath
The names on the outer circumference sound as though they are areas of Blackh...
Bomber Command Memorial
The campaign to bomb civilians was so controversial that the bombers were giv...
Cutty Sark Gardens - Opening
The plaque was unveiled by Her Majesty The Queen to mark the opening of Cutty...
Diamond Jubilee QEII - Jefcoate tree
This tree is in the borough of Wandsworth. There are 32 Greater London boroug...
Ealing Town Hall restoration
{Beneath an emblem reading "Queen's Diamond Jubilee 60":} The restoration of ...
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Tsar Nicholas II and family
The Russian Imperial Romanov family were murdered in Ekaterinburg on the 4th July 1918. Tsar Nicholas of Russia (1868 - 1918) ruled from 1 November 1894 - 15 March 1917. WW1 led to the February Re...
Edward, Duke of Kent
Born London, son of George, Duke of Kent and Marina, the Duchess. Since 1967 Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England.
King Henry II
King of England 1154–89. Born in France, son of Empress Matilda. The first of the Plantagenets monarchs. First friend and then murderer of Thomas Becket. Father of Richard I and King John - for a m...
Andrew, Duke of York
Third child of Queen Elizabeth II. Born Andrew Albert Christian Edward in the Belgian Suite of Buckingham Palace. He joined the Royal Navy and saw active service as a helicopter pilot in the Falkla...
Richmond Palace
The manor house of Sheen had stood on the site since at least the early 12th century, and King Henry VII built Richmond Palace there in the late 15th century. It was virtually destroyed by fire at ...
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Pollock's toy theatre shop
This was started by John Redington, selling printed sheets of characters and scenery for toy theatres. He ran it until his death when his family took over. 1877 his daughter Eliza married Benjamin ...
Finsen light cure
The Faroese/Icelandic physician, Niels Ryberg Finsen, (1860 - 1904) won a Nobel Prize for inventing this while working in Denmark. After a time it was found to be dangerous rather than healing.
Walter Macqueen-Pope
Theatre manager and historian. Born Walter James Macqueen-Pope in Farnham, Surrey. He was business manager at many London theatres including the Queens, the Duke of York's and the London Palladium....
Southwark mothers and children
"splendid struggling mothers of Southwark and their children"
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