Vehicle    From 1936 

Spitfire aircraft

From our Picture source: "Produced in greater numbers than any other British combat aircraft before or since the War, 20,341 Spitfires were built in 22 different variants (excluding the navalised Seafire) and the aircraft remained in production for 12 years."

Researching this we came across a little fact we just have to mention: a technical device made to counter engine cut-out in early Spitfires was invented by Beatrice Shilling and was known as "Miss Shilling's orifice".

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Spitfire aircraft

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11 Group Operations Room

Unveiled by Lord Dowding.

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Chisenhale Works

Chisenhale Gallery From the 1930's to 1970's, the Chisenhale Works - a veneer...

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Dowding

Unveiled by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother on 31 October 1988, as a Spitfir...

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Spitfire factory

{At the centre around a winged wheel with laurel wreath:} Palmer Hatton Stree...

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Squadron Leader Brian Lane

Battle of Britain Spitfire pilot & leader, Sqn Ldr Brian Lane DFC RAF liv...

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Hy. G. Perkins

Hy. G. Perkins

Resident of the West Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Able Seaman John Stephen Edward Greenland

Able Seaman John Stephen Edward Greenland

John Stephen Edward Greenland was born on 21 January 1921 the youngest of the three children of Frank Harold Greenland (1875-1930) and Alice Elizabeth Greenland née Chapman (1896-1974). His birth w...

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
A. Tery

A. Tery

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
W. Townsend

W. Townsend

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Duke of Wellington

Duke of Wellington

Born Arthur Wesley (later Wellesley) in Dublin to Irish parents. After the Battle of Waterloo in which 60,000 died Wellington wrote to a friend "Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a batt...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Ireland

10 memorials

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The Cowley Fathers

The Cowley Fathers

The Society of St. John the Evangelist, popularly known as the Cowley Fathers.

Group, Religion

1 memorial
Christ’s Hospital School - sculpture - front

Christ’s Hospital School - sculpture - front

EC1, Newgate Street

The children are marching out of the background, become older and fully 3D at the front. The younger kids, towards the end of the line, w...

4 subjects commemorated, 3 creators
Temple Bar memorial - Victoria

Temple Bar memorial - Victoria

EC4, Fleet Street

The south side is the most weathered and sullied by traffic fumes which explains the poor condition of the marble statue of Queen Victori...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Hanseatic merchants

Hanseatic merchants

See the Steelyard.

Group, Commerce, Germany

1 memorial
Gregory de Rokesley

Gregory de Rokesley

Eight times Mayor of London, 1274 - 1281 and 1285.

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

1 memorial