The wartime suffering of the people of Kennington in particular over 50 men women and children who were killed on 15th October 1940 when a bomb destroyed an air raid shelter in Kennington Park.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Kennington people, war-time suffering
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Kennington Park air-raid
The Friends say "The air raid shelters were actually on the south field of th...
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The Arts Club
Private members club founded by, amongst others, Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, and Lord Leighton. "This Club is instituted for the purpose of facilitating the social intercourse of those conne...
2 memorials
W. Young & Son
The Young family began fishing the Thames for whitebait in 1750. In 1811 William Young married Elizabeth Martha who had been selling fish at the Greenwich quayside. They set up a fish shop and the ...
1 memorial
2 memorials
Powell and Moya
Architects. The two partners were: Sir Arnold Joseph Philip Powell (1921 – 2003), usually known as Philip Powell, and John Hidalgo Moya (1920 – 1994), sometimes known as Jacko Moya, born in America...
1 memorial
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Cecil Rhodes
Mining magnate and politician in southern Africa. Prime Minister of the Cape Colony 1890-96. As a businessman he founded the southern African territory of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe and Zambia), which ...
1 memorial
King's College, London
Founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington (then PM). In 1836 Kings with University College London formed the foundation of the University of London. Kings has five campuses: Strand; Guy'...
5 memorials
Richard de Montfichet
Birth date approximate. Essex landowner. One of the twenty-five barons appointed to enforce the observance of Magna Charta.
1 memorial
Dorothy Richardson
Author and journalist. Born Abingdon and brought up in Putney. Her father was bankrupt and her mother had died by suicide by the time Dorothy was 22. Moved to Bloomsbury in 1896 and while working ...
1 memorial
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