Ship surgeon. Harwood Island off the coast of the Powell River, British Columbia, Canada, was named after him.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
Ship surgeon. Harwood Island off the coast of the Powell River, British Columbia, Canada, was named after him.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
Had served in the Irish Guards. At the time of his death was an in-pensioner at Chelsea Hospital and a patient in the Infirmary.
An information board “Docklands Heritage – Deptford River Walk” gives a good introduction to the area so we have transcribed it: "Alongside the Dockyard a Navy victualling and supply centre grew u...
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
One of the earlier housing associations. In 1924 Father Basil Jellicoe founded the St Pancras House Improvement Society Ltd which was later named the St Pancras Housing Association. In 2000 it merg...
In Metz, France. Yes, you guessed it, we spotted this while on holiday, and knowing we already had plaques for Verlaine in London and on ...
War between Russia and an alliance of France, Germany, Britain, Turkey and the Kingdom of Sardinia. Major battles include those at Alma, Inkerman and Sebastopol, where they still occasionally find ...
Manufacturers of paint pigments, and chemicals, like white lead, saltpetre and oil of vitriol (sulphuric acid). Established in the 18th century, probably by Samuel Brandram (c.1743 -1808) who is pi...
The original Jubilee Market, to the left of this Jubilee Market Hall, was erected in 1904.
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