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Grace Griffiths

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Grace Griffiths

Her 1944 poem Doodlebugs was included in an audio compilation entitled 'The Best of Second World War Poetry' produced in 1993 and in the 1999 book 'Shadows of war : British women's poetry of the Second World War'.

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Grace Griffiths

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Prince of Wales WW2 bomb - lost

Our image comes from Paradise Memorial Garden. SarfLondonDunc informs that t...

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Charles Williams

Charles Williams

Writer on literature and theology, novelist and poet. Born Charles Walter Stansby Williams, 3 Spencer Road. He worked for the Oxford University Press (OUP) in various capacities for most of his lif...

Person, Literature, Poetry, Religion

1 memorial
Laurence Binyon

Laurence Binyon

Poet.  Born Lancaster.  Worked at the British Museum and become expert in Chinese and Japanese art.  Wrote 'For the Fallen' in 1914.  Red Cross volunteer at the Western Front in WW1.  Died in a nur...

Person, Poetry

13 memorials
Arthur Waley

Arthur Waley

Poet, translator and orientalist. He never actually visited China nor Japan.

Person, Poetry, China/Hong Kong, Japan

1 memorial
Thomas Hood

Thomas Hood

Born 31 Poultry and died at home in Devonshire Lodge, London. Example: "Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms, But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms."

Person, Humour, Poetry

4 memorials

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PP - 4A - Ford

PP - 4A - Ford

EC1, Edward Street

This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
RNH - NJ

RNH - NJ

N7, Manor Gardens, Royal Northern Gardens

This small plaque is rather hidden behind plants. We don't understand the monogram ("NJ" with a head?) but guess is it commemorating the...

1 subject commemorated
Newgate

Newgate

EC1, Newgate Street, Old Bailey

Site of Newgate, demolished 1777. The Corporation of the City of London

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Victor Beecham
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Rector William Stone

Rector William Stone

Rector of Christ Church Spitalfields between, at least, 1837 - 1845. At Recollections of Spitalfields we learn that Stone went on to become Canon of St. Paul's. We found little information about S...

Person, Religion

2 memorials