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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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William Blake

William Blake

Poet and artist. Except for 3 years spent on the coast near Bognor, Blake lived his whole life in London, making his living as an engraver. Born at 28 Broad Street, now Broadwick Street (the memori...

Person, Art, Poetry, Seriously Famous

10 memorials
Rupert Brooke

Rupert Brooke

WW1 poet.  Born Rugby.  Joined the navy and sailed to the Med. but died on his way to Gallipoli from an infected mosquito bite, on a French hospital ship moored in the Aegean Sea.  Buried in an oli...

Person, Poetry, Greece

2 memorials
Siegfried Sassoon

Siegfried Sassoon

Poet and writer. Born Siegfried Loraine (also spelt Lorraine or Louvain depending on source) Sassoon at Weirleigh, Brenchley, near Paddock Wood, Kent. Grandson of Thomas Thornycroft and cousin of S...

Person, Armed Forces, Literature, Poetry, Seriously Famous, France

2 memorials
Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang

Anthropologist and poet. Born at Viewfield, in Selkirk. Chiefly known for his publications on folklore, mythology, and religion. He was one of the founders of 'psychical research' and his writings ...

Person, Paranormal, Poetry, Science, Scotland

1 memorial
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

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...

Person, Execution, Poetry

1 memorial

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Carpenters' Hall - Inigo Jones

Carpenters' Hall - Inigo Jones

EC2, London Wall, 1 Throgmorton Avenue

This memorial used to be in Puzzle Corner until walking guide Ian Swankie pointed out the unarguable resemblance to Inigo Jones. 

1 subject commemorated
Tolpuddle Martyrs mural

Tolpuddle Martyrs mural

N1, Copenhagen Street

A modern information board informs that the mural was painted by Dave Bangs in 1984, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Tolpuddle M...

3 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
Robert John Baggott

Robert John Baggott

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1. Robert John Baggott was born on 10 April 1873, the second of the four children of Robert Henry Lancaster Ba...

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
John Alfred Prestwich

John Alfred Prestwich

Inventor and designer of engines. Born Kensington.  He worked with Sebastian de Ferranti and the cinema pioneer William Friese-Greene to produce cameras, mutoscopes, cutting and perforation machine...

Person, Cinema, Engineering

1 memorial
Michael Bentine

Michael Bentine

Comedian. Born as Michael James Bentin in Watford, Hertfordshire. He was a co-founder of the Goon Show, but left after the first series to pursue a solo career. His best remembered television progr...

Person, Humour, TV & Radio, Peru

3 memorials