BBC football commentator: "some people are on the pitch...they think it's all over....it is now!". Born Lancashire. Bomber pilot in WW2, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar for 100 successful missions. Died Torquay.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Kenneth Wolstenholme
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BBC Television Centre - Kenneth Wolstenholme
Kenneth Wolstenholme DFC and Bar, 1920 - 2002. BBC and the Heritage Foundation
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Daley Thompson
Decathlete. Born Notting Hill or Worcester Park (sources differ). Olympic gold in 1980 and 1984. Not sure what the South Bank/Southwark connection might be.
1 memorial
Marylebone Cricket Club
Cricket's ruling body. Founded when the first match was played at Lord's cricket ground at Dorset Fields on 1st June 1787. Most county clubs at this time were exclusive clubs for titled men, 'ama...
5 memorials
Barlow, 'Duke of Shoreditch'
From British History on-line: "In the reign of Henry VIII., when Shoreditch was still a mere waste of fields, dotted with windmills and probably, like Islington (fields, much frequented by archers...
1 memorial
Rotten Row
Riding track, 1384 metres long. The name is possibly derived from 'route de roi' (the king's road) as it was established by King William III, forming part of his carriage drive from Whitehall to Ke...
1 memorial
George Scott
Footballer and soldier. He started his football career with Sunderland District Amateur League sides Braeside and Sunderland West End, and joined Clapton Orient in July 1908. At the outbreak of WW1...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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David Devant
NW3, Ornan Road, Ornan Court, Flat 1
David Devant, 1868 - 1941, magician, lived here in flat no. 1. English Heritage
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
South London Hospital for Women - Foundation Stone
SW4, Clapham Common South Side
In Satellite view it looks like there's a giant chess board in the back garden.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Salvation Army Ronalds Road - west
N5, Ronalds Road, 1, Citadel Court
The designer of the building clearly had the 'citadel' concept in mind. Strangely, some of these foundation plaques have had their inscri...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Heritage Lottery Fund
The National Lottery Heritage Fund (rebranded 2019), formerly the Heritage Lottery Fund (established 1994), distributes a share of National Lottery funding.
24 memorials
Bishop Brown
SE11, Harleyford Road, Bishop Brown Memorial Building, St Anne's Catholic Settlement
William F. Brown, Bishop of Pellla, born 1862, died 1951.
1 subject commemorated