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
J. W. Martin
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Lieutenant Nicholas Taylor, R.N.
Nicholas Taylor was born on 28 May 1949 in Lynton, Devon, the eldest of the three children of Henry Thomas Taylor (1913-1992) and Edith Peggy Taylor née Colvin (1921-1990). His birth was registered...
War dead, Other war
2 memorials
Rifleman Claude Robert Harry Bartram
Claude Robert Harry Bartram was born on the 27 June 1893 the son of John Abraham Bartram (1856-1925) and his second wife Emily Catherine Bartram née Hunger (b.1857). His birth was registered in the...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Joseph Frederick Oscar Bryant
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1. Joseph Frederick Oscar Bryant was born on 29 December 1885, one of the ten children of William Henry Bryant...
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Captain Ralph Douglas Binney
Hero. Born Berkshire. Royal Navy captain. Served in WW1 and WW2 and awarded CBE in 1943. This 'Have-a-go' hero single-handed attempted to stop 'smash-and-grab' thieves at a jeweller's shop in B...
1 memorial
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Fanny Burney
W1, Bolton Street, 11
Erected in 1885 this is the oldest surviving "blue" plaque to a woman.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
5 memorials
Charlie Chaplin
Born Charles Spencer Chaplin in East Street, Walworth (possibly, see Londonist). Comic actor, composer, director and producer. Born into a music hall family. He joined a troupe of child dancers, '...
13 memorials
Sir John French, 1st Earl of Ypres
Born Kent. 1913 promoted field marshal. 1922 created earl of Ypres for his Irish services. 1923 appointed captain of Deal Castle. He made his home there and died there.
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
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