This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Putney Society
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Edward Gibbon - SW15
Plaque unveiled by Professor David Wormersley who has written many books on G...
Festing Road residents killed in WW1
The first quotation is adapted from 'For the Fallen' by Laurence Binyon The s...
Gavin Ewart
Gavin Ewart, 1916 - 1995, noted poet, FRSL, lived at Kenilworth Court. The P...
Hugh Jenkins
Lord Hugh Jenkins, 1908 - 2004, Putney MP, 1964- 1979, Minister for the Arts,...
J. R. Ackerley
J. R. Ackerley, 1896 - 1967, writer and literary editor, lived here, 1941 - 1...
Other Subjects
Empire Day
Created by Reginald Brabazon, cleverly designed to coincide with Queen Victoria's birthday. In 1958 it was renamed Commonwealth Day and in 1977 the date moved to the second Monday in March.
Pickwick Bicycle Club
The oldest surviving cycling club in the world was founded at Downs Hotel, during the craze for the newly evolving bicycle, just 2 weeks after Charles Dickens died. The founding members honoured hi...
Dame Ann Parker Bowles, DCVO, CBE
Aristocrat and Girl Guides leader. Born as Ann de Trafford on 14 July 1918, she was the eldest of the four children of Sir Humphrey Edmund de Trafford, 4th Baronet, MC, JP, DL (1891-1971) and the ...
League of coloured peoples
Founded by Doctor Harold Moody. A civil-rights organisation with the aim of racial equality around the world. Although its primary purpose was black rights in Britain, it was also involved in other...
Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
The United States' first statewide historic preservation group. In 2009, it shortened its name to Preservation Virginia. Owns sites across Virginia including Historic Jamestowne, located at Jamesto...
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London County Council
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the first directly elected strategic local government body for London. Replaced by the Greater London Council, covering a la...
Marylebone Village Residents Association
2011 - we could find nothing current about them on the web.
Sidney Godley
Soldier. Born Sidney Frank Godley in East Grinstead, West Sussex. Fought with the 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. He was awarded the first Victoria Cross of WW1, and was also the first private sold...
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