Campaigner for human rights, gay freedom and social justice. Co-founder of Outrage!. Born Australia and began his campaigning there. To avoid conscription he moved to London in 1971 and here began campaigning for gay rights. He is also on the left wing of the Green party. Lived in Southwark for most of his life.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Peter Tatchell
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Sophia Duleep Singh
Princess Sophia Alexandrovna Duleep Singh was a prominent suffragette in the UK. Her father was Maharaja Sir Duleep Singh, who had been taken from his kingdom of Punjab to the British Raj, and was ...
1 memorial
Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners
Formed in 1984 by Mark Ashton and his friend Mike Jackson, this group was only wound down in 2015. The London group used the bookshop Gay's the Word as their HQ. The largest fund-raising event was ...
1 memorial
Women's Initiative Network
The name 'Women's Initiative Network' seems to be used by groups of women in various organisation. The groups are formed to work towards gender equality and empowerment of women and girls in those ...
1 memorial
Laurence Housman
Radical playwright, writer, illustrator, socialist, pacifist and founding member of the Men’s League for Women’s Suffrage. The photo shows Housman in 1914. Brother to A. E. Housman. Studied art an...
1 memorial
Mary Elizabeth Sumner
Founded the Mothers’ Union in 1876. Born as Mary Elizabeth Heywood in Lancashire. 1848 she married George Henry Sumner, son of C. R. Sumner, Bishop of Winchester, and a second cousin of William Wi...
1 memorial
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Henry the Navigator statue
SW1, Belgrave Square, Opposite West Halkin Street
The origin of the statue is mysterious, as it was erected more than fifty years after the sculptor's death. Wikipedia says it was made in...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Penfold pillar box - EC1
EC1, St Martin's le Grand
Painted in the authentic green then in use, this is a reproduction of the Penfold design, first installed in 1866.
5 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
The Waterloo Way - Grosvenor Square
W1, Grosvenor Square, 44, Millennium Hotel
This is a small plaque, rather cheap-looking, in contrast to the substantial well-polished brass plaque on the other side of the lobby in...
9 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Benjamin Waugh - SE10
SE10, Croom's Hill, 26
English Heritage has acknowledged that the plaque was erected on the wrong house, and should be where Waugh actually lived, on what is no...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
M. L. Watson
Born Cumberland. Other work includes a statue of Queen Elizabeth I for the Royal Exchange.
2 memorials
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