To the honoured memory of the men of this church & parish who fell in the Great War, AD 1914 – 18. R. I. P.
N1, Bletchley Street, 3, Holy Trinity Church
The 2 stone plaques are embedded in the low retaining wall of the flower bed at the foot of the large blue panel. The difference in wording between them is interesting.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hoxton - WW1
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Hoxton - WW1
As usual the active service death toll in WW1 is much greater than that in WW...
Speedie, resident tortoise, 1978 to 2014, is buried nearby. Slayer of bananas & busy lizzies.
In July 2018 the 5 VC plaques are laid into the esplanade in front of the war memorial, reading left to right: Parslow, Booth, Train, Say...
{On the plaque attached to the railings:} Pat McDonald, working-class heroine, lived and worked in North Kensington from the 1960s until ...
Eric Ravilious, 1903 - 1942, artist, designer and illustrator, was born and lived here until 1907. Ealing Council Acton History Group Eal...
The plaques are around the station forecourt, either on frames or laid into the pavement. The gold lettering on the marble effect on the ...
We only know about this plaque from an article in the 24 November 2019 Hindustan Times, whence our photo. "The Royal College of General P...
Writer and traveller. Born George Henry Borrow, East Dereham, Norfolk. He travelled widely throughout Europe and Morocco and was also a great linguist. He caused a minor scandal, when, in a transla...
All our information about this plaque, including the photograph, comes from (2016) Roberta Wedge. Another photo there shows the plaque at...
The steps are rather grand for a public park and look to us as if left over from a now-demolished substantial building (factory, head off...
This listed building was designed by Vernor Rees in 1926, one of the first steel-framed buildings ever erected. The balconies are decorat...
