Person    | Male  Born 25/1/1952 

Peter Tatchell

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.

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Peter Tatchell

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Peter Tatchell

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Sophia Duleep Singh

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 ...

Person, Gender Issues, Royalty, India

1 memorial
Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners

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 ...

Group, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Women's Initiative Network

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 ...

Group, Benefactor, Gender Issues

1 memorial
Laurence Housman

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...

Person, Art, Gender Issues, Theatre

1 memorial
Mary Elizabeth Sumner

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...

Person, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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Henry the Navigator statue

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

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

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

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

M. L. Watson

Born Cumberland. Other work includes a statue of Queen Elizabeth I for the Royal Exchange.

Person, Sculpture

2 memorials