Labour politician. Born at 240 Ferndale Road, Brixton (from Oxford Dictionary of Biography; Wikipedia differs). Leader of the London County Council, 1934–1940. As Minister of Supply briefly in 1940 the Morrison Shelter (see picture) was named for him. Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister at various times. Made a life peer as Baron Morrison of Lambeth on 2 November 1959. Died Sidcup, Kent. Grandfather of Peter Mandelson.
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Herbert Morrison
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Herbert Morrison - Bromley
The plaque was originally installed in the old library in Downham.
New River Path Canonbury gardens
The Rt. Hon. Herbert Morrison, CH, MP, on 29 May 1954, on the occasion of ope...
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Strand underpass
The Strand underpass is a one-way vehicle tunnel connecting Waterloo Bridge t...
Waterloo Bridge
In our photo you can see how distressed the lettering is, and that it was onc...
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Hendon Corporation
The Borough of Hendon was incorporate into Barnet in 1965.
2 memorials
Richard Coppock
Trade unionist and politician. Labour politician for Limehouse in the LCC. Parks Chairman in 1934. Elected in Limehouse 1937. Chairman of the Highways Committee of the LCC in 1937. LCC Chairman in ...
1 memorial
Sir Rowan Boland CBE
Dean of the Medical and Dental Schools at Guy's Hospital in 1964. Born Scotland. Lost an eye in WW1.
1 memorial
India House
An informal Indian nationalist organisation founded in 1905 by Shyamji Krishna Varma at 65 Cromwell Avenue. The term is also used to describe the building in Highgate where many of the student adhe...
2 memorials
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Church WW1 Memorial
E8, Kingsland Road
Very sad - a stump of a memorial that is also weathered into illegibility.
1 subject commemorated
Amen Court
EC4, Warwick Lane, Amen Court
This cast of characters also appear on the nearby St Paul's Choir school plaque, erected 5 years earlier when Claughton was still only a ...
6 subjects commemorated
Keith Bowler
We cannot find any information about Bowler himself, only that in c.1990-2010, at least, he lived in Wilkes Street Spitalfields and created these unusual pavement plaques. We understand they were c...
22 memorials
William Henry Reynolds
E2, Redchurch Street, 54
2013: "W H Reynolds Electrical Contractor Ltd" is still listed on many find-a-business type websites but that's all we can discover.
1 subject commemorated
Sir John Cass - Charity girl - bust
EC3, Jewry Street, 31
Building by A. W. Cooksey, 1900. The small busts of the charity children recall the statues which flanked the original Cass statue in its...
1 subject commemorated