Name on one of the main panels of the East Ham WW1 memorial.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
W. Smith
Commemorated ati
East Ham war memorial
This is a substantial monument, often described, understandably, as a cenotap...
Other Subjects
Lance Corporal Alexander Sylvester Cownden
Lance-Corporal in the Royal West Kent Regiment. The memorial states that he won the Military Medal and was killed in action at the age of 23. We requested our colleague Andrew Behan to research th...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
John Dixon
Civil Engineer from Newcastle. Freemason. His brother, Waynman, was an engineer and an Egyptologist so was used on the project to bring Cleopatra's Needle to London. There is a legend that Waynman ...
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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Martin van Buren
W1, Stratford Place, 7
Ornamental Passions have a good post about the grand mansion at the end of this 1770s development.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Sylvia Plath
Poet, novelist and short story writer. Born Massachusetts. Came to England and met Ted Hughes at a celebration for a poetry magazine in Cambridge. Married him on 16 June 1956 at St George the Marty...
1 memorial
Greathead shield at Bank
EC2, Bank station, pedestrian tunnel between DLR and Waterloo & City line
We must have walked through this arch many times without properly seeing it. We thank Geoff Marshall of Londonist for enlightening us in...
2 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Jenny Lind
Singer. Born Johanna Maria Lind at 40 Mästersamuelsgränd, Stockholm. Her operatic fame began when she sang the role of Agathe in Der Freischütz. She was appointed court singer and made a member of ...
1 memorial
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