Person    | Male  Born 1919  Died 12/2/1997

Walter Ritchie

Categories: Sculpture

Born Coventry. Apprenticed to Eric Gill. Often worked in brick. Died Kenilworth. Obit. in the Independent.

2023: Ian Greig of the Alcester & District Local History Society drew our attention to an article about Ritchie.

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Walter Ritchie

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Sir Leonard Hutton - brick sculpture

Unveiled by Hutton's widow.

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Derwent Wood

Derwent Wood

Sculptor. Born Francis Derwent Wood at Eskin Place, Caslerigg, St John's, Keswick, Cumberland. His family moved to Switzerland and then Germany, where he studied and became proficient in three lang...

Person, Sculpture, Germany, Scotland, Switzerland

3 memorials
Enzo Plazzotta

Enzo Plazzotta

Sculptor. Born at Mestre, near Venice. Worked in London for more than half his life. Other works here include: 'Young Dancer' at Bow Street/Broad Court.  Ornamental Passions has a very information ...

Person, Sculpture, Italy

2 memorials
Paul Raphael Montford

Paul Raphael Montford

Sculptor. Born in Kentish Town to father Horace. Other works in London: Battersea Town Hall (1892) and the panel on the King Charles Street bridge on Whitehall. Other websites refer to Montford's 1...

Person, Sculpture, Australia

8 memorials
Walenty Pytel

Walenty Pytel

Leading metal sculptor of birds and beasts. Born Poland and came to England aged 5. His Wikipedia page and his own website show a number of other works, which have a lovely sense of joy and lightness.

Person, Sculpture, Poland

1 memorial
Frank Dobson

Frank Dobson

Sculptor. CBE, RA. Born at Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Marylebone Road, London. Enlisted with The Artists' Rifles in World War I. Died Princess Beatrice Hospital, Kensington. (Not to be confused wi...

Person, Sculpture

3 memorials

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Robert Roger's fountain

Robert Roger's fountain

EC2, Love Lane

The remains of the church of St Mary Aldermanbury are behind this fountain.

2 subjects commemorated
John Birnie Philip

John Birnie Philip

John Birnie Philip was born on 23 November 1824 in London, the third son of the five children of William Philip (1781-1865)  and Elizabeth Philip née Rhind (b.1786). His father was a tailor and he ...

Person, Sculpture

61 memorials
Department for Communities and Local Government

Department for Communities and Local Government

A department of the government of the UK. From Victoria Cross commemorative paving stones: "In August 2013, the UK government announced a campaign to honour Victoria Cross recipients from the First...

Group, Politics & Administration

70 memorials
Janet Scrutton

Janet Scrutton

Churchwarden of St James's, Piccadilly

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Jawaharlal Nehru - W11

Jawaharlal Nehru - W11

W11, Elgin Crescent, 60

Jawaharlal Nehru, 1889 - 1964, First Prime Minister of India, lived here in 1910 and 1912. English Heritage

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator