Sculptor. Born Forest Gate. His cousin was a cinema architect which probably explains a number of theatrical commissions. Married Hilda, sister of Gilbert Ledward. Other work in London includes the New Barnet war memorial, the Cries of London on Buchanan House, St James's Square and the two large carved relief panels on the Adelphi entrance reveals depicting industrial and shipping scenes. For three outside London see the always interesting English Buildings.
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Giambologna / Bologna
Sculptor. Giambologna or Jean Boulogne. Born in Flanders but spent his working life in Italy.
2 memorials
Marcus Cornish
Sculptor. Other work in London includes the 2001 'Stag' in St James's Square.
3 memorials
Tanya Russell
Sculptor. Apprenticed for 7 years with her parents, sculptors Lorne McKean FRBS and Edwin Russell FRBS. Other works in London: Minerva at Minerva plc HQ, Wigmore Street (2005);The Hands of Justice ...
1 memorial
1 memorial
J. R. Clayton
Born John Richard Clayton. In partnership with Alfred Bell (1832–95) ran a commercially successful stained glass workshop.
1 memorial
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William Burke
Murderer. Born in Urney, near Strabane, County Tyrone. He left his family and moved to Edinburgh in 1817 where he met William Hare. Incorrectly thought of as grave-robbers, the pair actually murder...
1 memorial
Miss Ellen Reardon
At the ever-informative MDFCTA we find: Ellen Reardon of 2 New Terrace, Islington died on 4 February 1880. Her sister Margaret Reardon died 13 January 1876. In her will, Ellen Reardon bequeathed so...
2 memorials
Bakerloo Line
London Underground line running from Elephant and Castle to Harrow and Wealdstone. It was originally known as the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway. Londonist have a good succinct history of this ...
4 memorials
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...
402 memorials
Edwin Russell
Sculptor. Born Edwin John Cumming Russell. He studied at the Brighton School of Art and the Royal Academy School. Other works in London include sundials at Tower Hill and at the Marine Society in V...
1 memorial
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