President of the 12th Executive Committee of London Chinatown Chinese Association. His name appears twice on the lion monument and it may be Uau or Yau.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Tim Yau, MBE
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Chinese lions
{On the plaques attached to the brickwork, the right-hand one being in Englis...
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Tom Ossel memorial garden
W4, Heathfield Gardens, Chiswick Fire Station
The garden includes a distorting mirror for short people.
Frank Matcham - N8
N8, Haslemere Road, 10
Plaque unveiled by the husband and wife actors Timothy West and Prunella Scales.
Sir John Kirk
WC1, John Street, 32
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John Franklin statue
SW1, Waterloo Place
{On the front of the plinth:} To the great arctic navigator and his brave companions who sacrificed their lives in completing the discov...
George Alexander Chisnall
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