Poet, writer and radio broadcaster. Born 59 South Lambeth Road, son of Percy and Mabel. Served in WW1. Wrote 'The Turkish Trench Dog'. Died at home in Kent where he had moved on the death of his wife, Margaret. His ashes were scattered in the garden of his father's church, where the plaque is erected.
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Geoffrey Dearmer
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Geoffrey Dearmer and Margaret
In memory of Geoffrey Dearmer, 1893 - 1996 and of Margaret Helen Dearmer, 189...
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Arthur Waley
Poet, translator and orientalist. He never actually visited China nor Japan.
1 memorial
Sir Henry Taylor
Born Bishop Middleham, County Durham. Poet, playwright and public servant. He went to sea as a young man, but after finding it did not agree with his health, took up a position in the Treasury. H...
Person, Poetry, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Theatre
1 memorial
Khalil Gibran
Lebanese American artist, poet, and writer. Born in what is now Lebanon, emigrated as a young man with his family to US. Best known for The Prophet, 1923, popular in the 60s.
1 memorial
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
Closely related to the royal family but Henry VIII took against Henry and his father, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. They were imprisoned and Henry was beheaded at Tower Hill. His father sur...
1 memorial
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2 memorials
Wilfred Lawson
WC2, Victoria Embankment Gardens
This statue original had figures representing Temperance, Peace, Fortitude and Charity but they were stolen in 1979.
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
John F. Kennedy bust - Marylebone Road
W1, Marylebone Road, 1, International Students' Hostel
The original bust was first installed in 1965 in Military Park, Newark, New Jersey. Additional bronzes were cast for this site and for th...
1 subject commemorated,
3 creators
Captain Richard Maples
Benefactor of Trinity House Almshouses. From John Stype's A Survey... : "Anno 1680, Captain Richard Maples, who died Commander of a Ship in the East-Indies, left to the Poor of this Corporation th...
1 memorial
George F. Oakshott
Church warden of Holy Trinity, Sloane Square in 1889.
1 memorial
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