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Dr. Werner Kaempfen

Categories: Tourism / Traditions

Countries: Switzerland

Dr. Werner Kaempfen

Director of the Swiss National Tourist Office, Zurich.

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Dr. Werner Kaempfen

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Anglo-Swiss friendship

{On the large plaque:} On 15 April 1991, on the occasion of the 700th annive...

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Jubilee Walkway

Jubilee Walkway

The first phase of what was initially called the Silver Jubilee Walkway was opened by the unveiling of a bronze plaque at the South Bank Lion, in 1977. The unveiling of panels marking new sections ...

Place, Tourism / Traditions

6 memorials
Maypole - St Mary Axe/Leadenhall

Maypole - St Mary Axe/Leadenhall

The maypole, comparable in height to that of the adjacent tower of St Andrew Undershaft, was used each Spring in a celebratory May Day festival. But at the festival on 1 May 1517 the City apprentic...

Place, Tourism / Traditions

2 memorials
Percy Grainger

Percy Grainger

Composer and pianist, collector and arranger of folk music. Born Brighton, Melbourne, Australia. In London 1901 – 14. Very close relationship with his mother, some thought too close. Financed a...

Person, Music / songs, Tourism / Traditions, Australia, USA

1 memorial
Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge

Named not for its own two towers but for the nearby, pre-existing Tower of London. Tower Bridge was designed by Horace Jones, the City Architect, in collaboration with the engineer, John Wolfe Barr...

Building, Tourism / Traditions, Transport

5 memorials

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Civilian deaths in London caused by enemy action

Civilian deaths in London caused by enemy action

This page brings together all the memorials that we have for civilians killed in London by acts of war, including terrorism. It is related to a very interesting campaign for a Citizens Memorial "to...

Group, Tragedy

109 memorials
Gerry Paul Francis

Gerry Paul Francis

Our colleague, Andrew Behan, has researched this young man: Gerry Paul Francis was born on 21 August 1963 in Lewisham, the son of George P. Francis and Rosilia Y. Francis née Titre. He died, aged 1...

Person, Tragedy

2 memorials
men and women of the London Midland and Scottish Railway

men and women of the London Midland and Scottish Railway

The building in which some of these people worked is nearby. 1934 Euston House was built on what is now Eversholt Street as the headquarters of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. Designed by...

Group, Transport

1 memorial
Thomas Linacre

Thomas Linacre

Born Canterbury. Studied at Oxford, Rome and Vicenza. Physician to Henry VIII. After 11 years as a doctor he became a priest, giving away his wealth to promote the study of medicine and establis...

Person, Medicine

2 memorials
Paddington Station's centenary

Paddington Station's centenary

W2, Departures Road, Paddington Station, Platform 1

1854 - 1954 This plaque was unveiled on 29th May 1954 to commemorate the centenary of Paddington Station, designed and built by Isambard ...

2 subjects commemorated, 2 creators