A watch house was an early form of local police station but we've heard it said that this particular watch-house did at one time shelter the guards charged with preventing grave-robbing in the St Sepulchre graveyard. This is the last City of London watch-house standing.
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Watch-house in Giltspur Street
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Other Subjects
1 memorial
24th Division of the army
Raised in 1914 and fought in France from August 1915 - end of WW1.
1 memorial
Biggin Hill Royal Air Force Station
The airfield was originally opened by the Royal Flying Corps during World War I. At first it was used for wireless experiments, but was then established as part of the London Air Defence Area, resp...
2 memorials
Territorial Force Nursing Service. - London Div.
London unit which served in WW1.
1 memorial
Second Lieutenant James Morton Anderson
James Morton Anderson was born on 27 June 1886 at 9 Ella Road, Crouch End, London, the only son and 3rd of the seven children of James Anderson (1852-1940) and Sarah Reid Anderson née Morton (1851-...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial