The first organised training school was opened in 1907 at Peel House in Regency Street, Pimlico. Officer recruits undertook a four-week training course before being posted to their beat. Moved to Hendon.
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First police training school
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First Peelers training school
The bronze panel depicts an everyday scene in London at that time - that of a...
Other Subjects
1 memorial
Air Marshal Lord Hugh Montague Trenchard
Founder of the Royal Air Force. Born Somerset. Aged 20 joined the Second Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers and served in India, in the Boer War and in Nigeria. Learnt to fly in 1912 and ser...
1 memorial
Able Seaman William James Hopkins
William James Hopkins was born on 26 April 1905 in Stratford, Essex (now Greater London). He was a son of Edward Thomas Hopkins and Elizabeth Hopkins and his birth was registered in the 2nd quarter...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Private Robert William Baker
Robert William Baker was born on 24 September 1892 in Westminster, London, the younger son of Frederick George Baker (1861-1943) and Elizabeth Baker née Burton (1860-1916). His birth was registered...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Group Captain Roxley McLennan
Deputy Chief of Air Force (2004–05), Commander Integrated Area Defence System, Malaysia (2002–04), Commander Air Lift Group (1998–00).
1 memorial
Previously viewed
1 memorial
Arts Council of England / Great Britain
1940 the Committee for Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA) was set up by Royal Charter. About 1946 it became the Arts Council of Great Britain and in 1994 it was split into national bodies,...
15 memorials
St Mary's Hospital Medical School
Founded as part of the new hospital in Paddington. It merged with Imperial College in 1988 and again with the Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School in 1997. Notable alumni include Sir Alexan...
1 memorial
Lord Frederick Leighton
Born Scarborough, Yorkshire. President of the Royal Academy. In 1860 Leighton was a first commander of the Artists Rifles. 1892 painted some of the murals at the Royal Exchange. Knighted in 1878. ...
3 memorials
Irish Heritage
The only reference we can find to this name is a group supporting young Irish musicians and composers. It seems unlikely that they would be connected with the plaque at Brixton Prison.
1 memorial
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