Lost in WW2
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
submarine Thistle
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National Submarine War Memorial
The bronze relief depicts, in cross section, the interior of a submarine in w...
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ORP Krakowiak
Former Destroyer in the Polish Navy. ORP stands for Okret Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Ship of the Polish Republic).
Ship Successe
Ship originally built as the Bradford. Referred to 4 times in Pepys' diary. Was in harbour from November 1658 and was paid off at a cost of £3228. Colonel John Birch and Sir Richard Browne were t...
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Dr Samuel Johnson
Essayist, biographer, lexicographer and speaker of quotes. Born Lichfield, Staffordshire. Left home and travelled to London with David Garrick. "When a man is tired of London he is tired of life; f...
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Our picture source and their Wikipedia page gives details about the origins of the regiment in 1756, the changes in its name - formally becoming the King's Royal Rifle Corps in 1830 - and its battl...
John Hunter, Leicester Square
WC2, Leicester Square
All four of the Leicester Square busts were removed in the 2010-12 redesign of the Square - see (Hogarth bust for more information.
Underground Electric Railways of London
The fore-runner of the London Underground system. The London Electric Railways Company (1910-33) was a subsidiary of UERL and managed the deep-level companies: the Baker Street and Waterloo Railwa...
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