Civil engineer. Born Falkirk and studied at Glasgow University. Came to London in 1800 where he became apprentice to his uncle Ralph Walker working on the construction of the West and East India Docks. He went on to work on Commercial Road, Surrey Commercial Docks, 22 lighthouses, and many other projects both in London and beyond.
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James Walker
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James Walker
{On the front of the plinth:} James Walker, 1781 - 1862 Engineer Greenland Do...
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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Robert Harrild
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Royal Engineers
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1 memorial
William Charles Copperthwaite
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2 memorials
F. Douglas Barton
Borough Engineer and Surveyor in the Borough of Hammersmith in 1948. Our colleague Andrew Behan has researched this man: Frank Douglas Barton was born in 1888 in Stockport, Cheshire, the son of Fr...
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Lady Winifred Noel Wilson
Winifred Noel Wilson was born on 20 December 1892, the younger of the two children of James Lee (1850-1917) and Margaret Cowan Lee née Downes (1862-1924). Her birth was registered in the 1st quarte...
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ICI - 1 - Cavendish
SW1, Millbank, 9, Imperial Chemical House
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Charles Wesley
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8 memorials
Svitlana Tereschenko
E3, Bow Flyover Roundabout
Svitlana Tereschenko was killed when hit by a left-turning tipper lorry. Only a few weeks after this horrible death Brian Dorling died i...
2 subjects commemorated
Charles Kingsley - WC1
WC1, Bloomsbury Way, Kingsley Hotel
This bust on the ornate underbelly of the bow windows is now obscured by the glass awning above the front entrance of the hotel. At the ...
1 subject commemorated
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