Place

Ypres Salient

Countries: Belgium

In military terms, a salient is is a battlefield that is surrounded on several sides by enemy territory. There were five battles of Ypres. The first was in December 1914. The second ran from April to May 1915. The third (which was also known as the Battle of Passchendaele) was from July to November 1917. The fourth was in April 1918, and the fifth (also known as the Advance of Flanders) was from September to October 1918.
Ypres was known to the British troops as 'Wipers'.

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

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Ypres Salient

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Ypres WW1 milestone

The Ypres panel on the milestone is very close to a hedge making it difficult...

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Able Seaman Edward Chapman

Edward Chapman was born on 25 March 1891 at Coronation Pit, North Walbottle, Throckley, Northumberland, the second of the eleven children of Edward Chapman (1870-1949) and Mary Jane Chapman née Dor...

Person, Armed Forces, Turkey

War dead, WW1

1 memorial

Private Charles Henry Charman

Charles Henry Charman was born on 25 February 1895 in Stratford Essex, the eldest of the ten children of Charles Henry Charman (1873-1943) and Maria Rose Charman née Worrow (1873-1946). His birth w...

Person, Armed Forces, Belgium

War dead, WW1

1 memorial

Raymond Gale Fusch

Raymond Gale Fusch was born as Raymond Gale Fuchs on 12 August 1916, in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, the son of Francis Xavier Fuchs (1890-1968) and Ermilie Fuchs née Pettingale (1891-1976). Accordin...

Person, Armed Forces, USA

War served, WW2

1 memorial

H. W. Day

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1

1 memorial

Herbert Barlow Nightingale

Footballer. Born in Silvertown and known as 'Nobby'. He worked for the local electrical engineering company Seimens, and played for Charlton Athletic football club. In WWI, he signed up with the Ro...

Person, Armed Forces, Sport / Games, Belgium

1 memorial

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Bust in Stratford - Beethoven

E15, Stratford High Street, 361, Borough Theatre

Researching this bust we failed to ID the man, and worse, we discovered that there was another bust on the building, obliterated by the 1...

1 subject commemorated

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Carol Ann Price

Carol Ann Swanson was born on 23 April 1937 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA, the daughter of Walter Clarke Swanson (1908-1961) and Florence Swanson. She was an older sister of Walter Clarke...

Person, Friend / family, USA

1 memorial

William Griggs

SE15, Elm Grove, Elm House

The plaque is around the corner, visible from Highshore Road.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator

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PP - 3A - Griffin

EC1, Edward Street

This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...

2 subjects commemorated, 3 creators

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Girdlers' Hall

First built in 1431, destroyed by the Great Fire in 1666, rebuilt in 1681, and again destroyed by enemy action in 1940.The picture shows the pillared portico of the old Girdlers' Hall, 1830.Girdle...

Building, Liveries & Guilds

1 memorial