Person    | Male  Born 1874  Died 16/12/1910

Sgt Robert Bentley

Aged 36, was shot dead after entering the house in Cutler Street where robbers were trying to break into the jewellers behind.

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Sgt Robert Bentley

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Houndsditch murders

Two other officers were crippled for life. The plaque does not mention the Si...

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Fireman Colin William Whipps
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Cyril Eugene Jacobs

Cyril Eugene Jacobs

Member of the ARP/Civil Defence Services - auxiliary ambulance driver. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Cyril Eugene Jacobs was born on 29 July 1894.  The 1939 England and Wales Re...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Frederick Mitchell

Frederick Mitchell

Auxiliary Fireman - one of two men (with L. W. G. Wilson) who gave their lives at Soho Fire Station on 7th October 1940. Beyond the Flames has another photo and: "It would take two days before the...

Person, Emergency Services, Tragedy

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Harold George Huggett

Harold George Huggett

Fireman. Killed by enemy action. Fireman Harold George Maxwell Huggett was born on 30 September 1899 in West Ham, the elder son of George Edward Alfred Huggett (1875-1943) and Eleanor Jessie Hugge...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
William Wallis

William Wallis

Auxiliary fireman killed in an air raid on Poplar

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial

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Westmister weather vanes whirleth

Westmister weather vanes whirleth

SW1, St Margaret Street, Henry VII Chapel / Lady Chapel

We've tried a zoomed-in photograph one of the vanes but the name of the donor was not visible and, call us feeble, but our dedication to ...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School

Queen Elizabeth I granted the charter in 1573.  Set up in the Barnet Tudor Hall the school did not relocate until 1932 when it moved the short distance to Queen's Road.

Group, Education

2 memorials
Charlton House mulberry tree - 3

Charlton House mulberry tree - 3

SE7, Charlton Road, Charlton House

The plaques are on the ground at the foot of the tree. The tree is one of several which are reputed to be the oldest in Britain. The buil...

1 subject commemorated
Lincoln Stanhope Wainright

Lincoln Stanhope Wainright

E1, Wapping Lane

The WW2 plaque is very high up on the wall behind the arches and can only be read from a zoomed-in photo. The naming is confusing. This ...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
King John II of France

King John II of France

French monarch, known as 'John the Good'. In 1356 at the Battle of Poitiers, he was captured by the Black Prince and imprisoned in the Tower of London, where he lived a pleasant regal lifestyle. A...

Person, Royalty, France

2 memorials