War Reserve Constable who joined the Met Police on 3 September 1939. He was based at the Hyde Park Police Station when he was murdered. He was knifed by Frank Stephen Cobbett, a tramp who was rec...

Person, Armed Forces, Tragedy

1 memorial

Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex

Born in Essex House. He was the son of Queen Elizabeth's Essex, and the last in the line.

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

W. Ricketts

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1

1 memorial

H. A. Mitchell

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2

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Edward VII bust

E1, Mile End Road

While Prince of Wales Edward was Grand Master of the English Freemasons. The quote is from Milton's "To the Lord General Cromwell, on the...

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Newby's ice store

SE5, Burgess Park

Newby's ice store stood on the north bank of the canal in the 1860s. Ice was used to keep food fresh for transport, and in shops. Importe...

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The Auxiliary Fire Service was formed in 1938 as part of the Civil Defence Service and was superseded in August 1941 by the National Fire Service. After the war the AFS was reformed alongside the C...

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V&A façade - Flaxman

SW7, Cromwell Road

Excluding the allegories (such as Knowledge) there are 36 statues on the two public façades of the V&A Museum, on Exhibition Road and...

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Milos Crnjanski

W2, Queensway, Flats 31 - 155, Queens Court

Miloš Crnjanski, 1893 - 1977, Serbian author, lived and wrote here, 1953 - 1965. Serbian Council of Great Britain

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