The Hampstead Plaque fund was set up, many years ago, by Ralph Wade and has been administered by the Society ever since.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Heath & (Old) Hampstead Society / Hampstead Plaque Fund
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Heath & Hampstead Society
This stone was placed here in the Millennium year 2000 AD to commemorate the ...
John Carswell
This tree was planted by the Heath and Old Hampstead Society in its Centenary...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Heath & (Old) Hampstead Society / Hampstead Plaque Fund
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Avenue of trees - Hampstead Heath
This avenue was replanted in November 1988 to replace trees destroyed by a hu...
Bell Moor House - Beecham
Sir Thomas Beecham, 1879 - 1961, conductor and impresario, lived here, 1937 -...
Cecil Beaton - NW3
Sir Cecil Beaton, 1904 - 1980, photographer and designer, was born and lived ...
Charles de Gaulle - NW3
De Gaulle lived here with his family, September 1942-44 (though these dates v...
Other Subjects
Empire Memorial Sailors' Hospital
Built following an appeal (largely organised by women) throughout the British Empire. It provided 205 single cabins for homeless merchant seamen in London, and by 1929 had accommodated over a milli...
South End Green Association
An association for residents, shops and local workers devoted to South End Green, which is the principal gateway to Hampstead Heath. Shortly after being formed, it succeeded in thwarting a plan to ...
William Morris Hall
Ben and Charles Buck proposed a home for the socialist, radical and trades union people of Walthamstow in 1903. Funded by workers who bought bricks and organised sponsored bike rides and social eve...
Ongar Millennium History Society
Formed to promote and foster an active interest in the local history of Ongar, and to preserve it for future generations.
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A. J. Cronin
Novelist and general practitioner. Born Dumbartonshire as Archibald Joseph Cronin. Studied in Glasgow and served in WW1 as a surgeon in the Navy. Practised in Wales and in 1924 was appointed Medica...
Elgar Plaque Fund
We cannot find any information about this group, so presumably it is now defunct.
Lockerbie bombing
Pan Am 103 flying Heathrow to New York's JFK was destroyed by a bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland. 270 were killed: 243 passengers, 16 crew, 11 on the ground.
Arthur Deakin, CH, CBE
General Secretary of the Transport & General Workers Union, 1940 until his death. Born Warwickshire. Died Leicester where he had been addressing a May Day rally. Alamy have a lovely photo of D...
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