Group    From 1/5/1936  To 17/11/1943

Fighter Command

Categories: Armed Forces

Famous for its role in the Battle of Britain, fending off the German air attack on Britain.

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Fighter Command

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Croydon Aerodrome Battle of Britain memorial

21 foot high and topped with a bronze eagle, this monument does not actually ...

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Sidney Phillips

Sidney Phillips

Resident of the West Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Frank Satchwell

Frank Satchwell

Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Engineer Captain Charles Gerald Taylor, MVO.

Engineer Captain Charles Gerald Taylor, MVO.

A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1. A Wrexham paper has an article about Taylor: "Taylor was the first of 13 capped Wales players to lose their lives in the con...

Person, Armed Forces, Sport / Games

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
RAF Squadron No. 61

RAF Squadron No. 61

It was first formed in Rochford, Essex as a fighter squadron of the British Royal Flying Corps during the First World War and disbanded in 1919. It was reformed in 1937 as a bomber squadron of the ...

Group, Armed Forces

1 memorial
C. G. Miles

C. G. Miles

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial

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Charles Dibdin grave for dancing on

Charles Dibdin grave for dancing on

N1, Pentonville Road

Left - right: Dibdin - Grimaldi. 2018: we could not get the graves to produce any music but having now seen this Londonist video we need...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Marc Bolan shrine - plaque - Took

Marc Bolan shrine - plaque - Took

SW13, Queen's Ride

This site has evolved over the years from flowers place around the tree to become the shrine that it is today.  The steps were probably i...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Nicholas Lidstone

Nicholas Lidstone

Nicholas Lidstone was born on 2 December 1849 in Dodbrooke, Devon, the third of the eleven children of Henry Grant Lidstone (1821-1892) and Mary Honor Lidstone née Sinkins (1824-1902). His birth wa...

Person, Property

1 memorial
PP - 3P - Donovan

PP - 3P - Donovan

EC1, Edward Street

This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
The Waterloo Way - St James's

The Waterloo Way - St James's

SW1, St James's Square, 16

This building has been occupied by the East India Club since 1850, and 2018, still is. From British History Online: 1804 the Boehms boug...

12 subjects commemorated, 1 creator