Group    From 1965 

Newham Council

West Ham was merged with parts of Barking and Woolwich to form the London Borough of Newham in 1965.

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Newham Council

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Charlie Paynter

Charlie Paynter, 1879 - 1970, lived here. West Ham United FC manager 1932 - 1...

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Daisy Parsons

Daisy Parsons, MBE, 1890 - 1957, first female Mayor of West Ham. London Borou...

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Dame Vera Lynn - E7

This sign was installed to celebrate Lynn's 100th birthday, but we don't know...

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Dame Vera Lynn - Ladysmith Avenue

Lynn lived in this street from the age of 4 -21. The street name panel was in...

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Grove Gardens - restored

"These gardens" no longer surround this monument as apparently they once did....

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Other Subjects

Christopher John Turner CBE

Christopher John Turner CBE

British colonial administrator and diplomat. Born Kingston upon Thames. Joined the Colonial Service in Tanganyika as a District Officer in 1958 and become the youngest District Commissioner in Afr...

Group, Politics & Administration, Africa, Caribbean Islands, China/Hong Kong

1 memorial
Alderman Hannah Jeffcote

Alderman Hannah Jeffcote

Member of Housing Committee, Diss Street 1922.

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Sir John Davidson

Sir John Davidson

 Treasurer of the Pulford Street Site Committee.  This is possibly Sir John Humphrey Davidson (1876–1954), who was a military man until 1922 when he left the army and then became MP in Fareham, Ken...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Hu Ding Yi

Hu Ding Yi

Ambassador of The People's Republic of China.

Person, Politics & Administration, China/Hong Kong

1 memorial
Baroness Betty Boothroyd, O.M., P.C.

Baroness Betty Boothroyd, O.M., P.C.

Betty Boothroyd was born on 8 October 2023 in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, the daughter of Ben Archibald Boothroyd (1886-1948) and Mary Boothroyd née Butterfield (1901-1982).  In the 1939 England and...

Person, Dance, Politics & Administration, USA

1 memorial