Former submarine 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 Orzeł
Commemorated ati
Polish Navy WW2 Headquarters
{Beneath the insignia of the Polish Navy:} This building housed the headquart...
Other Subjects
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
R. Robinson
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
War dead, Other war
1 memorial
Canadian Firefighters
The idea of the fire fighters volunteering to assist Britain was developed between the British government and the then Canadian Prime Minister, Mackenzie King. The Canadian fire fighters museum web...
1 memorial
Shiekh Khaled Jaber F. Al-Sabah
We think we have found the right man. If so, Wikipedia informs that he was imprisoned in Kuwait in 2021.
1 memorial
Spitalfields engine-house
'Engine-house' was an early term for what we would now call a fire station. The engine was initially merely a hand-operated pump. This and some ladders might be housed in the local church, but as t...
3 memorials
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St Peter's Close
E2, St Peter's Close
The church, St Peter's, is out of shot, over to the left. From Wikipedia's St Peter's Bethnal Green page: "Built as a commissioners' chu...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Alan Collins
Sculptor. Born Surrey as Alan Rodney Collins. Trained in England and became associated with the Seventh Day Adventists. Provided a lot of sculpture for Guildford Cathedral. Joined the Seventh-day ...
1 memorial
Central London District Schools Water Fountain
W7, Westcott Crescent, Hanwell Community Centre
The (non-working) water fountain is located in a small garden next to the Hanwell Community Centre.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Earl Jowitt
William Allen Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt, PC was a Labour politician and lawyer who served as Lord Chancellor 1945-51. Married Lesley McIntyre in 1913. No sons and we think, no daughters. Entered the ...
1 memorial
E. G. Noyce
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
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