Chair, General Purposes Committee
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
James Hoppey
Commemorated ati
Gloucester Gate Bridge (NW)
The close up photo was taken some months (and some graffiti) after the other ...
Other Subjects
T. M. McGiff
On the committee of the Stratford Co-operative and Industrial Society in 1919. Probably the same person as the Councillor T. M. McGiff, J.P. who was on the East Ham Corporation Public Health Commi...
1 memorial
Sir John Cass
Tory politician, slave trader and philanthropist. Date of birth unknown so we use his date of baptism, which took place at St Botolph, Aldgate. 1705 became a director of the Royal African Company w...
Person, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Race Issues
2 memorials
Thomas Creevey
Politician. Born Liverpool. His post at Greenwich Hospital is variously described as: Commissioner, Treasurer, Auditor. Whatever it was he was there from 1834 to his death. Best remembered for...
1 memorial
Councillor Alfred Harris
Chairman of Westminster's Housing Committee: 1949-50.
1 memorial
Victor Hugo Watson
Born near the Kennington Oval but his family returned to Yorkshire when he was very young and he saw himself as a Yorkshireman. In 1908 he joined Waddingtons, a printing firm which developed a spe...
1 memorial
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Conservators of the River Thames / Thames Conservancy
Came into being as a result of the Thames Conservancy Act,1857. Completed the building of Teddington Lock. Lost some of its responsibilities in 1909 to the Port of London Authority and in 1974 the ...
3 memorials
Penny Post - 1890 jubilee
EC1, St Martin's le Grand
The building with the plaque, to the right of our photo, was the General Post Office (GPO) headquarters 1894 - 1984.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
24th London Division - memorial
SW11, East Carriage Drive, Battersea Park
These 3 figures are said to be modelled on the soldier poets: Robert Graves, Wilfred Owen, and Siegfried Sassoon but the carved faces are...
2 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Air Raid Precautions (ARP)
In WW2 each local council was responsible for setting up the local ARP to protect civilians from air raids. ARP Wardens were important members, enforcing the blackout, sounding the alarms, etc.
1 memorial
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