Composer, conductor, theatre director and John Wayne look-alike. Born Germany. Came to London in 1839, heavily in debt. Stayed at 23-25 Old Compton Street where he begun the Flying Dutchman, inspired by the rough crossing he had just endured.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Richard Wagner
Commemorated ati
Edward Dannreuther
Edward Dannreuther, musician, 1844 - 1905, lived here 1873 - 1894. Host to Ri...
Spirit of Soho Mural
Interesting that Coca Cola are specifically mentioned on the panel but not as...
Other Subjects
D'Oyly Carte family
Richard D'Oyly Carte founded the business. Married Helen. Their son Rupert inherited the business and passed it on to his daughter, Bridget.
1 memorial
David Cassidy
Actor, singer and songwriter. Born in New York, son of actor Jack Cassidy. He became a teenage idol playing Keith Partridge in the television musical show 'The Partridge Family'. He found it diffic...
Person, Music / songs, Seriously Famous, Theatre, TV & Radio, USA
2 memorials
Capt. Simmon Latutin GC
Born Euston, the son of poor Jewish immigrant tailors. He attended the North London Polytechnic School 1931-3 and later won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music to study violin. Within four ...
War dead, WW2
2 memorials
Sir Christopher Lee
Actor. Born Christopher Frank Carandini Lee in Belgravia. Ian Fleming was his step-cousin. After war service in various parts of Europe he took up acting, although at first he was told he was too ...
1 memorial
Tommy Steele
Musician and actor. Born Thomas William Hicks in Bermondsey. He was promoted as the British Elvis Presley and had his first chart success with 'Singin' the Blues'. Many hits followed and in time, h...
2 memorials
Previously viewed
Moncure Conway bust - lost
WC1, Red Lion Square, Conway Hall
In the early 1900s Moncure Conway retired to Paris, where he met and became good friends with sculptor Spicer Simson, still in the early...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Chrystal MacMillan
Liberal politician, barrister, and NUWSS, and internationalist. Jessie Chrystal Macmillan was a suffragist, peace activist, barrister, feminist and the first female science graduate from the Unive...
Person, Gender Issues, Law, Peace, Politics & Administration, Scotland
1 memorial
Doctor Harold Moody - WC1
WC1, Great Russell Street, 111, Central YMCA, St Giles Hotel
2024: Central YMCA sold and will close to members in February 2025.
3 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Old Bailey - WW2 plaque
EC4, Old Bailey, Old Bailey
The Latin is a very appropriate legal phrase, meaning "Let justice be done though the heavens fall". The plaque does not definitively st...
Civilian war dead | WW2
10 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
10 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Tower Bridge, 1994 - centenary
E1, Tower Bridge
These plaques are attached to the north-west tower and also the south-east tower, all duplicated except for "opened to the public" which ...
1 subject commemorated,
42 creators
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them