Person    | Male  Born 15/11/1885  Died 21/4/1962

Frederick Handley Page

Aircraft designer and manufacturer. His company manufactured the Halifax bombers used in WW2.

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Frederick Handley Page

Sir Frederick Handley Page, 1885 - 1962, aircraft designer and manufacturer l...

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Chisenhale Works

Chisenhale Works

Built by Morris Cohen to produce veneer for the construction of Spitfire cockpits, as well as propellers and plywood for Mosquito aircraft. The plaque on the building says it existed from the 1930s...

Group, Aviation, Engineering

1 memorial
Royal Naval Air Service

Royal Naval Air Service

We can't find a date for when this was first formed; it seems to have come into existence gradually.  The use of aircraft for military and naval purposes was first discussed officially in 1908.  Tw...

Group, Armed Forces, Aviation

2 memorials
First British public airmail flight

First British public airmail flight

The balloon flight was organised to celebrate the coronation of King Edward VII, and was piloted by M. Auguste Eugine Gaudron and Dr Francis Alexander Barton. It ascended from the Croydon Road Recr...

Event, Aviation, France

1 memorial
First British airmail post office

First British airmail post office

At this time post offices were 10-a-penny (cheaper than the stamps they sold, ha ha) but airmail post offices were rare as hens' teeth, since airmail did not exist - the only way to send a letter b...

Group, Aviation

1 memorial
Shoreham Aircraft Museum

Shoreham Aircraft Museum

Founded by local enthusiasts, whose passion for the Battle of Britain period resulted in the establishment of a permanent display in 1988. It houses hundreds of relics excavated by the group from c...

Group, Aviation, Museums / Libraries

2 memorials

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E. G. Bacon

E. G. Bacon

Surbiton man killed serving in WW1.

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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Guildhall School of Music - Purcell

Guildhall School of Music - Purcell

EC4, John Carpenter Street

This complex of buildings was created to house the Guildhall School of Music, who had outgrown their premises at Aldermanbury. Designed b...

1 subject commemorated
King John

King John

Born Oxford, youngest son of Henry II, succeeding on the death of his brother Richard I. Reigned as King of England 6 April 1199 until his death. Succeeded by his son, Henry III.

Person, Royalty

6 memorials
Robert Trotter fountain - SW3

Robert Trotter fountain - SW3

SW3, Fulham Road, Pelham Crescent Gardens

"1 Thess. 1-3" is a biblical reference, the text of which reads: "Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Harrow & Wealdstone Station

Harrow & Wealdstone Station

HA3, The Bridge, Harrow & Wealdstone Station, north entrance

Inside the station are two other plaques which we've transcribed but they are too dull to warrant the full treatment: Dull plaque 1: This...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator