Founded by Sir Sydney Waterlow.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Improved Industrial Dwellings Co Ltd
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1st Duke of Westminster, friend of the poor
Hugh Lupus, first Duke of Westminster, K.G., lessor to the Improved Industria...
Cromwell Buildings
The Prince Regent (later King George IV) had died more than twenty years befo...
Sandringham Buildings
Sandringham Buildings Erected by the Improved Industrial Dwellings Co Ltd (S...
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Jack Cornwell, VC
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