Formed as the London Refraction Hospital (or the Institute of Ophthalmic Opticians), became the Institute of Optometry in 1988.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
First refraction hospital in the world
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Institute of Optometry
In the correspondence pages of the 1927 BMJ the man named on the plaque, Fran...
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J. W. Sanders, FRCS
Corps Surgeon in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1887-1890.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
St Benedict's Hospital
Hill House, built in 1802, was the manor house on this site. It was bought by St Joseph's Teaching Brotherhood and they built a Roman Catholic school, St Joseph's Roman Catholic College, in 1887. T...
2 memorials
S. J. Warren
Assistant Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1900-1945. Commander in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
1 memorial
W. Stott
Medical Officer of Southwark Council in 1936 - 56, at least. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Dr William Stott, MB, BS, DPH was born on 16 June 1891. Electoral registers for 1933 an...
1 memorial
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William Booth College - 2
SE5, Champion Park, William Booth Memorial Training College
The plaque is in the entrance porch of the building. We'd guess that the building underwent some major renovation/modernisation in 2011.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Thomas Hoyland
In 1893 the Acting Superintendent of the old Snow Fields Ragged School.
1 memorial
Achilles statue
W1, Hyde Park
Modelled on the statue of Dioscuri in Rome. A gay friend of ours is fond of quoting Larry Olivier on this statue: "the best arse in Lond...
3 subjects commemorated,
3 creators
Field Marshal, HRH Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge
KG, KT, KP, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, KJStJ, ADC, Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, Colonel in Chief of the Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, 17th Lancers, 60th Rifles and 77th Regiment. Commander-in-Chief o...
5 memorials
Derek Antonowitz
A computer consultant, killed in the Ladbroke Grove rail disaster, aged 25. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out further research: Derek John Antonowitz was born on 7 February 1974 and he came from...
1 memorial
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