This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Polish gratitude for British sacrifice in WW2
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Chopin statue
The statue is said to contain an urn with earth from Chopin's birthplace in P...
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Yaakov Springer
Weightlifting coach and wrestler. Also known as Yakov, he was born in Poland. During WW2 he took part in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. Along with ten other team members, he was murdered by Palestinia...
Person, Sport / Games, Tragedy, Germany, Israel/Palestine, Poland
Nicolaus Copernicus
Mathematician and astronomer. Argued that the Sun, not the Earth, was the centre of the universe.
Stanisław Sosabowski
General. Born Stanisław Franciszek Sosabowski at Stanisławów, Poland. He served with distinction in the Austro-Hungarian army during WW1. In WW2 he was made a prisoner of war following Poland's su...
General Wladyslaw Sikorski
Prime Minister of the war-time London-based Polish Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Polish armed forces. In his 1970 play, Soldiers, Rolf Hochhuth accuses Churchill of murdering Sikorski. ...
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Karl Marx
Born Trier, Germany (then Prussia). Died Maitland Park Road, Hampstead. Lived briefly in Brussels. From the Institute for Fiscal Studies: "Marx lived for a time after arriving in London in 1849 a...
Person, Philosophy, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, Germany
Sir Alan Traill, GBE, MA, D. Mus, Lord Mayor
Lord Mayor in 1985.
Camp Griffiss - SHAEF memorial
TW11, Bushy Park
The story of SHAEF is complex but we are pretty certain "Grosvenor Square" is wrong; Eisenhower moved SHAEF from Norfolk House in St Jame...
Sir Richard Biddulph Martin
Banker and Liberal politician. Made baronet, of Overbury Court in 1905. Wikipedia have a page but it is pretty dull. Initially we could find no picture of him and intended to show the stamp he used...
Saifullah Zaman
E6, Waterloo Road, 18
While plotting this pin we noticed that Waterloo Road is one of 6 roughly parallel roads between Green Street and Katherine Street, all b...
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