A member of the Executive Committee for the Great Exhibition 1851.
Born Kinglassie, Fifeshire. Soldier, Fellow of the Royal Society (of Science) and Governor of Bermuda, Barbados & Malta.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir William Reid
Commemorated ati
Great Exhibition and Prince Albert
Designed by Joseph Durham with modifications by Sydney Smirke. Inaugurated by...
Other Subjects
William Crawford Gorgas
Born Mobile, Alabama. Worked in the medical department of the US army and specialised in yellow fever. Died in London from a stroke while on his way to West Africa.
1 memorial
Lieutenant Nicholas Taylor, R.N.
Nicholas Taylor was born on 28 May 1949 in Lynton, Devon, the eldest of the three children of Henry Thomas Taylor (1913-1992) and Edith Peggy Taylor née Colvin (1921-1990). His birth was registered...
War dead, Other war
2 memorials
E. J. Costick
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Surrey Yeomanry
Unit of the British army. First formed as volunteer cavalry and reformed in 1901. It saw action in both world wars. It is maintained today by 2 (Surrey Yeomanry) Field Troop, 579 Field Squadron (EO...
1 memorial
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2 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Sir Peter Studd
Lord Mayor in 1971. Excelled at cricket in his youth. In 1967, while Studd was Alderman Sheriff of the City of London, the 1831 London Bridge which had been sold to Arizona was installed in its n...
1 memorial
Duke of Wellington statue - EC2
EC2, Threadneedle Street
Unveiled in Wellington's presence, this is one of only a handful of statues in London unveiled while the subject was still alive. The oth...
3 subjects commemorated,
6 creators
Dennis Gabor
SW7, Queen's Gate, 79
Plaque unveiled by Sir Eric Ash, former rector of Imperial College and Gabor's first doctoral student.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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