Group    From 1961 

World Wildlife Fund

Now known as the World Wide Fund for Nature. It is an international non-governmental organisation, working in wilderness preservation, and the reduction of human intervention on the environment.

Julian Huxley and Max Nicolson were two of the founders of the organisation. The original panda logo was designed by Sir Peter Scott.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
World Wildlife Fund

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Jamrach's Emporium - bear

{Plaque beneath a statue of a bear} Over a hundred years ago on what was then...

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Jamrach's Emporium - tiger

{Plaque beneath a statue of a Bengal tiger and a boy:} In the early years of...

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Other Subjects

Mary Tealby

Mary Tealby

Founded what is now the Battersea Dogs & Cats Home. Born Huntingdon as Mary Bates. Married Robert Chapman Tealby and moved to Hull by 1841. She separated from her husband and moved to London t...

Person, Animals

1 memorial
Towpath Horse

Towpath Horse

We can't find any biographical information about the horse.

Animal, Animals

1 memorial
South East Working Donkey Group

South East Working Donkey Group

Part of the Donkey Sanctuary, we think.

Group, Animals

1 memorial
Martin Spencer

Martin Spencer

Swan Marker and Barge Master of the Vinters Company c.2006-7. Modelled for the figure in the Vintners statue. Deceased by 2023.

Person, Animals, Liveries & Guilds, Tourism / Traditions

1 memorial
Dead Parrot Sketch

Dead Parrot Sketch

One of the most famous of the sketches in the television comedy series 'Monty Python's Flying Circus'. Written by Graham Chapman and John Cleese, and performed by Cleese and Michael Palin. Initiall...

Fiction, Animals, Humour, Seriously Famous, TV & Radio

1 memorial

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Lilian French
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Speedie

Speedie

A tortoise with a comparatively short life.  We have to own, our picture does not actually show Speedie him/herself.

Animal, Animals

1 memorial
H. Cheesman

H. Cheesman

Name on one of the main panels of the East Ham WW1 memorial.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Mary Elizabeth Kingston

Mary Elizabeth Kingston

Killed in the Hither Green Zeppelin air raid aged 11.

Person

War dead non-military, WW1
1 memorial
Edmund Prideaux-Brune
War dead, WW1
1 memorial