Former Destroyer in the Polish Navy. ORP stands for Okret Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Ship of the Polish Republic).
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
ORP Burza
Commemorated ati
Polish Navy WW2 Headquarters
{Beneath the insignia of the Polish Navy:} This building housed the headquart...
Other Subjects
J. H. Coggs
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
War dead, Other war
1 memorial
Sir Tasker Watkins
Soldier and judge. Born at 9 Station Terrace, Nelson, Glamorgan. In Normandy, he led an assault on a German machine-gun post. After all the other officers were killed in the approach, he continued ...
Person, Armed Forces, Law, France, Wales
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Jack William Avery
War Reserve Constable who joined the Met Police on 3 September 1939. He was based at the Hyde Park Police Station when he was murdered. He was knifed by Frank Stephen Cobbett, a tramp who was rec...
1 memorial
Previously viewed
Churchill Gardens - opened
SW1, Churchill Gardens Road, Chaucer House
This estate boasts a Festival of Britain plaque.
7 subjects commemorated,
3 creators
1 memorial
1928 flood
The Environment Agency gets the date wrong but we assume the rest is correct: "On 12th January 1928, numerous areas in London and the surrounding local authorities were flooded. In Lambeth, 14 peop...
2 memorials
Eddy Renton
Co-founder of the charity 'Kith and Kids' (with Doreen Collins) and 'Disability Law'.
1 memorial
Archery practice
From the Norman period, at least, until the introduction of firearms in the 16th century, some version of the longbow was the long-distance weapon of choice. The last recorded use in England seems...
4 memorials
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