This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
12,210 dead of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets, WW1
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Mercantile Marine Memorial - WW1
George V should have been on duty to unveil this but he was seriously ill so ...
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all connected with Croydon & its aerodrome who gave their lives in WW2
Croydon aerodrome was the world's first international airport. It was closed to civil traffic at the start of WW2 to become an RAF fighter station. It was in the front line for the Battle of Brit...
Zaehnsdorf bookbinders
From the research published by the Seven Dials Trust: "Zaehnsdorfs was founded in London in 1841 by Joseh Zaehnsdorf. In 1862 he received an honourable mention at the London International Exhibitio...
Sutton United Football Club
Football team who currently (2023-2024) play in the English Football League Two. Their home ground is Gander Green Lane, Sutton, Greater London. Their Wikipedia page gives much information about t...
Brilliant Sign Company
Signage company. It was named after their concept called the 'brilliant letter'. This comprised a pressed copper sheet with a v-shaped cross section so as to imitate the classic incised wooden fasc...
men of the Parish of Our Lady of Willesden killed in WW2
men of the Parish of Our Lady of Willesden killed in WW2
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Altab Ali
24-year-old Bengali murdered in Adler Street, junction Whitechapel High Street, in a racist attack by three teenage boys. Altab Ali was on his way home to Wapping from a small factory just off Bric...
Thomas Guy birthplace
SE1, Tower Bridge Road
Our Latin consultant, David Hopkins, writes: The full sentence, from Acts 20:35, is BEATIUS EST MAGIS DARE QUAM ACCIPERE - “It is more b...
Lennon and Harrison - Baker Street
W1, Baker Street, 94
In 1969 Lennon returned his MBE to the Queen but apparently this had no effect on his status and so this plaque is still technically corr...
Bronco toilet paper
E9, White Post Lane
Matt at Londonist found this plaque in 2014. We've hunted and failed to find it, so believe it lost. His notes say the plaque was in Whit...
Ada Salter Garden - lost plaque
SE16, Southwark Park, Ada Salter Garden
The information board transcribed at Ada Salter Garden gives: "A wall plaque placed at the back of the once roofed rose-covered central p...