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Polish gratitude for British sacrifice in WW2

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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

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

1 memorial
Fredda Brilliant

Fredda Brilliant

Polish actor and sculptor. 1924 emigrated with her parents to Australia. Moved to New York and then while in Moscow in 1935 married Herbert Marshall and changed her name to his.  1937 they moved to...

Person, Cinema, Sculpture, Theatre, Australia, Poland

1 memorial
Nicolaus  Copernicus

Nicolaus Copernicus

Mathematician and astronomer.   Argued that the Sun, not the Earth, was the centre of the universe.

Person, Science, Poland

1 memorial
Stanisław Sosabowski

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...

Person, Armed Forces, France, Poland

1 memorial
General Wladyslaw Sikorski

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. ...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Poland

2 memorials

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Karl Marx

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

6 memorials
Camp Griffiss - SHAEF memorial

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...

5 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Sir Richard Biddulph Martin

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...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Saifullah Zaman

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...

1 subject commemorated, 3 creators