Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Surbiton civilians killed in WW2
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Surbiton war memorial - WW2 civilians
In memory of civilians killed in the Surbiton Borough between 1939 - 1945.
Other Subjects
Salt Office
British History Online explains "The salt tax, which was unknown in England until 1694, was enforced during the greater part of the eighteenth century. The tax was repealed in 1730, but was reimpos...
OutRage!
From the picture source website: "OutRage! is the world's longest surviving queer rights direct action group. Our witty, imaginative, daring, and irreverent style of non-violent civil disobedience...
Chindit Special Force
Formed by Wingate and served in Burma and India in 1943 and 1944 in WW2. Composed mainly of British and Gurkha soldiers trained to operate deep behind Japanese lines using guerilla tactics. Disb...
University of the Arts London
It has its origins in five previously independent colleges, which were brought together to form the London Institute in 1986. In 2003, it received Privy Council approval for university status and w...
Theatre Courtyard Gallery, The
Their address is: New Inn Broadway London EC2A 3PR. From their website: "In 2008, a team of archaeologists from MOLA discovered the remains of The Theatre, one of London’s earliest playhouses, bur...
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WC2, Trafalgar Square
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Brightwen Binyon
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Edward Jenner
Spent most of his life in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, where he was born (in the vicarage) and died (at home,The Chantry). First doctor to study smallpox vaccine. Trained with John Hunter at St Georg...
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