Created to oversee the completion of the 'Wall of Heroes' in Postman's Park, members included the vicar and churchwardens of St Botolph's Aldersgate and, we assume, G. F. Watts and Mary Watts at some time. Originally named the Humble Heroes Memorial Committee but renamed at Watts' insistence to remove any class overtones.Minutes Books are held at the London Metropolitan Archives.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Heroic Self Sacrifice Memorial Committee
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PP - 2E - Ricketts
PC Harold Frank Ricketts, Metropolitan Police, drowned at Teignmouth whilst t...
PP - 2F - Greenoff
PC Edward George Brown Greenoff, Metropolitan Police. Many lives were saved b...
PP - 2G - Cook
“High tension” is the same as “high voltage” - dangerously high electrical en...
PP - 2H - Pumping Works
This plaque was originally erected in 1902 at 3G but Watts incorrectly gave t...
PP - 3G - Maconoghu
This plaque was created specifically to fill the gap left by the corrected Pu...
Other Subjects
1 memorial
English Heritage
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts,...
421 memorials
Sir Charles Reed
Politician. Member of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Director and Trustee of the original Abney Park Cemetery Joint Stock Company, Chairman of the Bunhill Fields Preservation Committee, asso...
2 memorials
Sir Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich, OM, CBE, FBA
Art historian. Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich was born in Vienna, which was then part of Austria-Hungary. He fled to Britain, after his first book 'A Little History of the World' was banned by the Nazi ...
1 memorial
Polish Heritage Society
Exists to remember, record and propagate among the wider British public the contribution of Poles to our shared, common cultural and historical heritage within the United Kingdom.
4 memorials
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Greater London Council
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its left-wing politics, nor its leader, Ken Livingstone. On its 50th anniversary Diamond Geezer posted a goo...
244 memorials
Islington Council
The Islington Book of Remembrance is an impressive undertaking: the database has a list of memorials in Islington. There are also lists of Conflict / Event / Incident, each with an associated list ...
72 memorials
Waltham Forest Council
Formed in 1965 from the joining of Chingford, Leyton and Walthamstow.
34 memorials
Thorney Island Society
A local conservation and amenity group founded in 1985 (following a campaign to save Old Westminster Library) to protect and represent the interests of residents and businesses in the 'village' of ...
1 memorial
General James Wolfe
Army officer. Born Kent. The family moved to Greenwich around 1738 and James Wolfe continue to live there. Victorious in the 1759 Battle of Quebec, against the French. Killed in the battle. B...
1 memorial
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