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.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Watch-house in Giltspur Street
Commemorated ati
Other Subjects
1 memorial
Sir Victor Horsley
Scientist and soldier. Born Victor Alexander Haden Horsley in 2 Tor Villas, Campden Hill, Kensington. As a physician, he developed many practical neurosurgical techniques and was the first person t...
Person, Armed Forces, Medicine, Politics & Administration, Egypt, France, Iraq
1 memorial
G. J. Sidnell
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Lance Corporal Albert George Booth
Albert George Booth was born on 6 September 1898 in Devonport, Devon, a son of Thomas and Agnes Elizabeth Booth. His birth was registered in the 4th quarter of 1898 in the Devonport registration di...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Sir Cloudesly Shovell
Admiral of the Fleet. Born Norfolk. Died when shipwrecked on the Isles of Scilly.
1 memorial