"... our soldiers who fought in the Great War, 1914 - 1918."
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
WW1 soldiers
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Thimble shelters - south
{On the panel, facing the Palace:} Erected by "The Silver Thimble Fund", 1919...
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Employees of Lloyds TSB who gave lives
Employees of the Lloyds TSB Group who have given their lives in times of conflict.
Irish immigrants
From the Irish Times: "In the grim 1950s, 40,000 people left Ireland every year to emigrate to Britain. They built the roads and repaired the bombed out buildings of post-war Britain. They staffed ...
Children who died in the Evelina at Guy's Hospital
See the Evelina Children's Hospital for more information.
Gilbert and George
Artists. George Passmore was born 8 January 1942 in Plymouth. Gilbert Proesch was born 17 September 1943 in Italy. They first met on 25 September 1967 while studying sculpture at Saint Martin's ...
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Festival of Britain
'A tonic for the Nation', The Festival was intended to cheer us all up after WW2, and incidentally to celebrate the centenary of the 1851 Great Exhibition. The symbol for the Festival was designed ...
World War 1
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
Fawcett Association
Trade union of postal sorting clerks. Founded by Wallace Cheesman and named after Henry Fawcett. The Women Sorters' Association and the Postal Bagmen's Association affiliated in 1908. In 1919 it...
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