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Polish Heritage Society

Categories: Community / Clubs, History

Countries: Poland

Exists to remember, record and propagate among the wider British public the contribution of Poles to our shared, common cultural and historical heritage within the United Kingdom.

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Polish Heritage Society

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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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Polish Navy WW2 Headquarters

{Beneath the insignia of the Polish Navy:} This building housed the headquart...

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Sir Joseph Rotblat

Sir Joseph Rotblat, KCMG, CBE, FRS (1908 - 2005) one of Poland's finest sons,...

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Stanisław Sosabowski

{Beneath the Polish coat of arms and beside the emblem of the Polish undergro...

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Joseph da Costa Andrade

Joseph da Costa Andrade

This person's grave was destroyed by a WW2 bomb. The name is on the south-west face of the pedestal. Joseph da Costa Andrade was born circa 1836 in London. He was the fifth of the eleven children ...

Person, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Liveries & Guilds

1 memorial
Anglo-Chilean Society

Anglo-Chilean Society

Fromed at the Chilean Embassy at 3 Hamilton Place. In 2008 The British Chilean Chamber of Commerce based in London merged with The Anglo Chilean Society.

Group, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Chile

1 memorial
Harrow Heritage Trust

Harrow Heritage Trust

A trust set up with the objectives of encouraging artists and architects of both landscape and buildings to create the heritage of the future, whilst protecting the heritage of the past.

Group, Community / Clubs

8 memorials
John MacLean Carvell, MBE, MRCS, LSA

John MacLean Carvell, MBE, MRCS, LSA

Assistant Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1897-1923. Honorary Associate in the Order of St John. John MacLean Carvell was born on 20 August 1856, ...

Person, Community / Clubs, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Golden Wedding of Mr and Mrs W. F. R. Stanley

Golden Wedding of Mr and Mrs W. F. R. Stanley

The Stanleys, William and Eliza, married on 2 February 1857 (his 28th birthday) and were highly respected by the people of South Norwood, hence the lavishness of the tribute. This photograph was qu...

Event, Community / Clubs

1 memorial

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Arsenal Football Club

Arsenal Football Club

Founded by munitions workers in Woolwich, under the name 'Dial Square'. This was the name of the Royal Arsenal complex where they worked, and also explains the team's nickname of 'The Gunners'. The...

Group, Sport / Games

9 memorials
Westminster City Council

Westminster City Council

The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St John's in 1727 but it was still run as a single vestry. In 1855 the two parishes were reformed into the Westminster Distric...

Group, Politics & Administration

179 memorials
Charity scholars

Charity scholars

Looking at London has a page about these little blue people but even there we can find no origin story explaining why and when the first such statues were erected. We note that there seems to be a ...

Group, Education, Philanthropy

23 memorials
English Heritage

English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts,...

Group, Architecture, History, Property

415 memorials
Comic Heritage

Comic Heritage

Merged with the Heritage Foundation.

Group, Cinema, History, Humour, Theatre, TV & Radio

29 memorials