Formerly part of Kent, it has been part of Greater London since 1963.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
London Borough of Bromley
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Biggin Hill Royal Air Force Station
Site of Biggin Hill Royal Air Force Station 1917 - 1992. The London Borough o...
Bromley Millennium Rock
Bromley Millennium Rock This boulder of Lewisian Gneiss from Lochinver in Nor...
Charles Keeping
Charles Keeping, 1924 - 1988, illustrator, lived here. The London Borough of ...
Chislehurst Caves
Chislehurst Caves People came from across London and north west Kent to shelt...
Other Subjects
Martyn Rowson
Rowson was the security manager at the Thames Barrier. He had worked at the site in Charlton, since 1994. Source: News Shopper.
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond, KG, PC.
Charles Lennox was born on 3 August 1791 in Richmond House, Whitehall Gardens, London, the son of Charles Lennox (1764-1819) and Charlotte Lennox née Lady Charlotte Gordon (1768-1842). His Wikiped...
Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon
Born Wiltshire. His daughter, Anne married the Duke of York, who eventually became James II. His son was Henry. Close to Charles II even before the Restoration he was appointed his Chancellor of t...
Sir John Whittaker Ellis
Alderman and Lord Mayor Of London 1881-2. A dignitary local to Richmond, Byfleet and Petersham.
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Queen Eleanor of Provence
French noblewoman who married King Henry III and became consort queen, 1236 until his death in 1272. Eleanor was the "my fair lady" in "London Bridge is falling down", since she was apparently re...
Mary Tourtel
Author and artist. Born Mary Caldwell. She studied art and became a children's book illustrator. Her husband Herbert Tourtel, was news editor of the Daily Express. In 1920 the newspaper was looking...
Jon Pertwee
Actor. Born 3 Sheffield Terrace, Kensington. Having served in the Royal Navy and the Naval Intelligence Division during WW2 he became widely known during his 18 years (1959–77) playing Chief Petty...
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World War 1
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
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