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Lewisham Borough Council

The Borough of Lewisham was formed as an amalgamation of the Metropolitan Boroughs of Deptford and Lewisham.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Lewisham Borough Council

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Battle of Lewisham - Plaque

Remembering the Battle of Lewisham. Thousands united here against racism and ...

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David Jones

David Jones CH, 1895 - 1974, artist, soldier, poet, lived at this address 189...

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer - SE23

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 1906 - 1945, theologian and pastor, lived here, 1933 - 1...

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Edith Nesbit

Plaque unveiled by Fern Ravandi, her great-granddaughter.

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Edward Owen Greening

Edward Owen Greening, 1836 - 1923, co-operator and social reformer, lived in ...

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Other Subjects

John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster

John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster

"Old John of Gaunt, time-honoured Lancaster" - first line in Shakespeare's Richard II. Fourth son of Edward III. Younger brother to the Black Prince. Uncle to Richard II. Born in Ghent. Lived at th...

Person, Politics & Administration, Royalty

2 memorials
Sir Evan Spicer

Sir Evan Spicer

Liberal and London Progressive politician who served for 30 years (1889 - 1919) on the LCC.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority

London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority

The body that governs the London Fire Brigade, responsible to the Mayor of London.

Group, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Admiral, Sir John Colpoys, GCB

Admiral, Sir John Colpoys, GCB

Naval officer.  While attempting to control the 1797 Spithead mutiny, Colpoys ordered the shooting of his own crew thus causing the death of several men (we can't find an exact number).  Not surpri...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Sir Gerald Dodson

Sir Gerald Dodson

Sir Gerald Dodson, KT, was Recorder of London 1937-59, the longest holder of that office. Also, he wrote the libretto of the popular operetta, The Rebel Maid, composed by Montague Phillips in 1921.

Person, Music / songs, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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Edmund Alexander Parkes

Edmund Alexander Parkes

Born Oxfordshire. In Burma with the army he investigated cholera and dysentery.

Person, Medicine

1 memorial
Lord John Fisher, Admiral

Lord John Fisher, Admiral

Born Ceylon. First Sea Lord: 1904 - 1910 and 1914 - 1915. Died at 19 St James's Square.

Person, Armed Forces, Sri Lanka

1 memorial
William G. Paxton
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Ho Chi Minh

Ho Chi Minh

Communist revolutionary and founder of modern Vietnam. Left Vietnam in 1911 and worked on ships as a kitchen helper. In New York he was a baker at the Parker House Hotel. In 1913 he arrived in Lond...

Person, Nationalism, Politics & Administration, Vietnam

1 memorial