Professional cricketer who played for Surrey 1905-34 and for England in 61 Test matches 1908-30. Born John Berry Hobbs in Cambridge. Knighted 1953. Died at home in Hove.
Our image shows Hobbs c.1920.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir Jack Hobbs
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Hobbs Gates
See Alpha Rail for a close-up photo of these lovely Art Deco gates during the...
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West Ham United Museum
The museum contains exhibits from the club's beginning in 1895, when they were called the Thames Ironworks FC. Pride of place is taken by memorabilia from the 1966 World Cup final, when three membe...
1 memorial
Sebastian Earl
We really don't know if the Sebastian Earl who unveiled the stone at the Hornsey YMCA is the rowing businessman with the same name but the dates look right and it's an unusual name. Our colleague, ...
1 memorial
Gordon Banks
Goalkeeper. Born in Sheffield. He played principally for Leicester City and Stoke City. A member of the winning England team in the 1966 World Cup. In the 1970 Queen's Birthday Honours List he was...
1 memorial
Learie Constantine
Cricketer and politician. Born Learie Nicholas Constantine at Petit Valley, Diego Martin, near Maraval, Trinidad. As a cricketer, he toured England with the West Indies team in the 1920s and was ev...
Person, Law, Politics & Administration, Sport / Games, Caribbean Islands
2 memorials
Laurence Sinclair Rees
A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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Brian Glen Barnes, MBE
Muralist and community artist. Created murals around south London for over 45 years. Born Farnborough, Kent. When he and his wife, Aileen, moved to Battersea they became activists campaigning for...
7 memorials
Chinese lions
W1, Gerrard Street
{On the plaques attached to the brickwork, the right-hand one being in English:} This plaque is presented with much pleasure by China Tr...
1 subject commemorated,
13 creators
West Ham Pals
E13, Green Street, Boleyn Ground
This stadium was demolished in 2016 and we can't find out what happened to the plaques so we have marked them all as lost.
3 subjects commemorated
Mahomet Weyonomon
SE1, Borough High Street, Southwark Cathedral garden
Our picture comes from a nearby information board and shows Mohegan-Pequot four-domed medallion (or rosette) and trail motifs. The medal...
1 subject commemorated,
3 creators
West Berlin street lamp - previous plaque
W6, Furnivall Gardens, Lower Mall, Westcott Lodge
July 2017: The lamp and plaque have gone. We've made two visits, hunting all over Furnivall Gardens but found nothing. Thankfully no one ...
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