Group    From 1939  To 1945

People of London

These memorials have been sponsored by newspapers: the Daily Herald and the Evening Standard.

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People of London

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People of London - small plaque

This memorial, subscribed by readers of the Evening Standard, is dedicated to...

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People of London - St Paul's

Cut from a single block of Irish limestone. The quote was used by Churchill b...

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St james's Garden - people of London - stone

In a 1946 British Pathe news film one sees that the Garden of Remembrance was...

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St james's Garden - people of London - wood

The garden on this bomb-damaged site was given by the late Viscount Southwood...

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Royal Photographic Society

Royal Photographic Society

Initiated by Roger Fenton and founded in London as the Photographic Society of London with Fenton as its first Secretary. The inaugural meeting was held at the, then, Society of Arts. Received Roya...

Group, Community / Clubs, Photography

2 memorials
William Morris Co-Operative Society

William Morris Co-Operative Society

Wimbledon Labour Hall Co-operative Society Limited was registered in 1921.  We understand this formal organisation is also known as the William Morris Co-Operative Society and was formed to manage ...

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
District Bank

District Bank

Founded as Manchester and Liverpool District Bank. Name shortened to District Bank in 1924. 1962 acquired by the National Provincial Bank but traded separately until the 1968 merger with Westminste...

Group, Commerce

1 memorial
Kool and the Gang

Kool and the Gang

Jazz, R&B, Disco, Soul and Funk group. Originally formed as the 'Jazziacs' in Jersey City, New Jersey. 'Kool' is the nickname of Robert Bell (one of its founders). The group has included many d...

Group, Music / songs, USA

1 memorial
Pickwick Bicycle Club

Pickwick Bicycle Club

The oldest surviving cycling club in the world was founded at Downs Hotel, during the craze for the newly evolving bicycle, just 2 weeks after Charles Dickens died. The founding members honoured hi...

Group, Community / Clubs, Sport / Games

1 memorial

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Horatio Prater

Horatio Prater

Our colleague, Andrew Behan, has found someone who is probably our man, Andrew writes: I can find no evidence of an H. Prater in the Croydon area in the 1880's so I believe that the Historic Engla...

Person, Benefactor, Medicine

2 memorials