As ships got bigger ports were needed further down the Thames. In 1909 Tilbury Port became part of the Port of London Authority.
Situated just upstream from Tilbury Fort.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Port of Tilbury, London
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Culloden prisoners
This granite stone was recovered from Culloden Moor, site of the battle. We v...
Other Subjects
1 memorial
Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society - Abbey Wood branch
Branch of the Co-op supermarkets, first built in 1912.
1 memorial
Sir Francis Crossley
Carpet manufacturer, politician and philanthropist. Born in Halifax, Yorkshire. He worked at his father's massive carpet factory before entering parliament in 1852. He erected twenty-one almshouses...
1 memorial
Sir Thomas Lipton
A self-made man, company founder, merchant, philanthropist and yachtsman. Born as Thomas Johnstone Lipton in Glasgow to Irish parents who has a small provisions shop. He opened his own shop and th...
Person, Commerce, Food & Drink, Industry, Seriously Famous, Scotland
1 memorial
Lyons first teashop
See Joseph Lyons and J. Lyons & Co. The photo is probably c.1930/40s.
1 memorial
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Joseph James Redding
Deputy Chairman of the Police Committee of the Corporation of London in 1926. Speel tells us that in St Botolph Aldgate there is a panel monument to "Joseph James Redding, d.1932". Seems likely to ...
1 memorial
Sidney Wright (Jnr)
Killed in the Camberwell Green air-raid, aged 21, during his own wedding party.
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
William Huskisson
Huskisson is famous for being the victim of the first fatal railway accident (not quite true), being run over by the train known as Stevenson's Rocket, at the opening ceremony of the Manchester to ...
2 memorials
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