Stonemason. Born Essex.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Gary Breeze
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Bali bombings
Three of the non-British victims are given as "unknown" at "u" in the alphabe...
Islington war memorial and shrine - information
This plaque seems to be an afterthought to the new Islington war memorial. It...
Islington war memorial - Islington Green
This replaced the WW1 shrine that was erected in 1918, which was always inten...
Soviet WW2 memorial
Designed by Shcherbakov, made by Breeze. Unveiled by the British Secretary o...
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F. Brook Hitch
Born London. Lived in Hertford. RBS. Our colleague Andrew Behan has researched this man, and found him at Mapping Sculpture, where the date of birth is given as 1877 which conflicts with Wikipedia...
Hayley Gibbs
Sculptor. Another public statue by Gibbs, Nancy Astor, was unveiled on Plymouth Hoe 28 November 2019.
Henry Richard Hope Pinker
Bob Speel tells us that this sculptor's works are rare, in London at least, but he knows of some in Salisbury and Oxford. The NPG has "Hope-Pinker".
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Captain John Vallentin VC
Born as John Franks Vallentin in the parish of St Mary-at-Lambeth (the church near the plaque). Died at the first Battle of Ypres while serving with the South Staffordshire Regiment in WW1.
Charles Dickens - Museum / Johnson Street
WC1, Doughty Street, Dickens Museum
Johnson Street is now Cranleigh Street, where there is a plaque for Dickens.
Edward Henry Corbould
Artist. Born into a family of artists either at 70 (St) John Street, now Whitfield Street W1, or 6 Great Coram Street WC1, depending on source. In 1842 Victoria and Albert started buying his works ...
Sir Edwin Lutyens
Architect. Born at 16 Onslow Square. Specialised in English country houses. Chosen as the consulting architect for Hampstead Garden Suburb and designed two churches there. One of the four principal...
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