Erection date: 21/8/1929
Samuel Plimsoll, born 1824 - died 1898. Erected by the members of the National Union of Seamen, in grateful recognition of his services to the men of the sea of all nations.
Note the charming seahorse design at the bottom of the railings. London Details have some more information about this memorial.
SW1, Victoria Embankment
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Samuel Plimsoll
Born Bristol. "The sailors' friend", whose Load Line prevented ships becoming...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Samuel Plimsoll
Sculptor. Born Switzerland in an English family. Seems to have specialised ...
Designed by Joseph Durham with modifications by Sydney Smirke. Inaugurated by the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII. Sharp-eyed Cha...
There are 937 names, listed alphabetically (with a few out of sequence) in 11 columns. These names were in the original WW1 memorial whi...
This was the obvious memorial to choose as the first featured memorial for London Remembers, in February 2004. Cavell was executed by the...
This was originally a well-designed and substantial monument. Both sides of the base are convex and Wikipedia have a photo, November 2007...
Our photo shows just one of the four panels. See Stockwell War Memorial for more information about some of the names on this, Waterloo, ...
David Hopkins, our Latin consultant, has again applied his skills and provided the translation. He also writes: "I know nothing about he...
This seems to be a commercial organisation making and selling coins to collectors, with no connection to the Royal Mint.
One of the best known novels of Charles Dickens, which follows the fate of an orphaned workhouse boy. It has been filmed several times, and was turned into the stage musical (and later film) Oliver...
Celia Fiennes, 1662 - 1741, traveller and diarist, lived in a house near this site from 1738, and died here. London Borough of Hackney
The unveiling is reported at The Music Hall Guild. The plaque is just visible in our picture, in the porch.
