Wife of Sir Samuel Hoare, Viscount Templewood but achieved her DBE in her own right, by flying in 1927 a 12,000-mile round trip flight inaugurating the London-Cairo-Delhi air service, the first woman ever to fly such a distance. Her husband accompanied her for which he was appointed GBE. Even for the times this seems an easy way for him to pick up letters after his name.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Lady Maud Hoare DBE
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Croydon airport opening
There are two versions of this plaque, identically worded, attached to either...
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Spitfire aircraft
From our Picture source: "Produced in greater numbers than any other British combat aircraft before or since the War, 20,341 Spitfires were built in 22 different variants (excluding the navalised S...
5 memorials
Alliott Verdon Roe
Aircraft designer and manufacturer. Born Edwin Alliott Verdon Roe at Patricroft, Manchester. He was inspired by the Wright brothers to devote himself to powered flight. In 1907 he built a biplane a...
3 memorials
1 memorial
WW2 aircraft crash
The story of this crash is very well told at Their Last Night. Here we give a brief summary. The plane was a a Mark 5 Halifax No DK 253 of 427 Squadron based at Leeming, Yorkshire. It was one o...
1 memorial
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Two I’s Coffee Bar
W1, Old Compton Street
City of Westminster Site of the 2i's coffee bar (1956 - 1970), birthplace of British rock 'n roll and the popular music industry. Rober...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Clarion House
W1, St Anne's Court, 4, Clarion House
Clarion House stands on an historic site in St Anne's Court which passed from the crown to the Duke of Portland in the 17th century. For...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Ifor Williams
At Annual report of the Royal Northern Hospital : 1946, in a "SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS" we found reference to "Capt. Ifor Williams’ Endowment Fund". Possibly the son of the Welsh scholar Sir Ifor ...
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial