See also 2012 Paralympics. The first event was held on 25 July in Cardiff but the opening ceremony in London was on the 27th. Closing ceremony 12 August.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Olympic Games - 2012
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2012 Commemorations - Blackheath
The names on the outer circumference sound as though they are areas of Blackh...
2012 Olympics Bell
The quotation, from Shakespeare's 'The Tempest', was spoken by Kenneth Branag...
Charlotte Dujardin gold post box
{On plaque attached to side of box:} This post box has been painted gold by R...
Chaucer and Aldgate
{On a worn notice stuck to the pavement immediately below the wooden structur...
Chinese Polo Players
{On a nearby ornamental base:} 2012 London Polo. By Huang Jian, China China i...
Other Subjects
Kenneth Wolstenholme
BBC football commentator: "some people are on the pitch...they think it's all over....it is now!". Born Lancashire. Bomber pilot in WW2, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar for 100 succ...
1 memorial
3 memorials
Sir Thomas Sopwith
Aviator and aircraft manufacturer. Designed the Sopwith Camel. Aged 10 accidentally killed his father in a shooting accident. Expert ice skater and a legend in the yachting America's Cup. Born 92 C...
1 memorial
Captain Hugh Ince Webb-Bowen
Despite extensive research we have been unable to trace a Henry Ince Webb-Bowen who played for the London Welsh Rugby Club, who was born in 1878 and who died in 1915 in WW1. We believe whoever comm...
Person, Armed Forces, Law, Sport / Games, Egypt, India, South Africa, Turkey, Wales
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Dr. A. Gordon Signy
Pathologist. He was involved in founding haematology (the study of blood) and was a pioneer in the investigation and treatment of blood diseases. In the 1940s he established the Journal of Clinical...
1 memorial
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Edouard Lantéri
Sculptor. Born France but moved to London in 1872 and eventually took British nationality. Late in life wrote three books which are still standard texts for many students. Died at home, 50 Perry...
1 memorial
William Shakespeare
Born and died in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birth date is usually given as the 23rd, the same date as his death, but all that is actually known is that he was baptised 3 days later, on the 26th. Even...
46 memorials
National Provident Institution
In 1835 two men, who had been successful with the Friends Provident Institution, selling life assurance only to Quakers, formed the less choosy National Provident Institution, opening for business ...
2 memorials
Patty Astley
Wife of Philip; see there for more info. We cannot be certain that the image represents Patty.
1 memorial
King Canute / Cnut
King of Denmark, England and Norway. Also known as Cnut Sweynsson or Cnut the Great. His supposed attempt to turn back the waves, was not arrogance on his part, but to show his fawning courtiers th...
1 memorial
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