Show business charity with headquarters at The Water Rats Public House in the Gray's Inn Road.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Grand Order of Water Rats
Commemorated ati
Charlie Chaplin - Methley Street
Charlie Chaplin, 1889-1977, film maker and Water Rat, lived here, 1898-1899, ...
David Lodge
David Lodge, 1921 - 2003, actor and past King Rat, lived here. The Heritage F...
John Inman
Plaque unveiled by Wendy Richard, David Croft and Ron Lynch (his partner). It...
Lord Delfont
Lord Delfont of Stepney, 1909 - 1994, impresario and Companion Water Rat. Com...
Teddington Studios - Bernie Winters
Bernie Winters, 1932 - 1991, comedian and Water Rat. Comic Heritage
Other Subjects
Dennis Brown
Singer. Born in the Jubilee Hospital, Kingston, Jamaica. A child prodigy, he was known as the 'Michael Jackson' of Reggae'. His prolific output of eighty albums covered reggae, lovers' rock and dan...
2 memorials
Dusty Springfield
Singer. Born Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien in Hampstead. In 1956 she joined an all-girl trio called the Lana Sisters and in 1960 formed the Springfields group with her brother Tom. She w...
1 memorial
Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer and musician of the Baroque period. Born into a musical family.
2 memorials
Roger Daltrey
Lead singer of the Who. Actor. Born Hammersmith Hospital. Raised in Acton.
1 memorial
Donald Swann
Composer, pianist and entertainer. Born Donald Ibrahim Swann at 27 Coleshill Terrace, Llanelli, Wales. His mother was a Muslim Azerbaijani. He is best remembered for his partnership with Michael Fl...
2 memorials
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PP - 4V - Strange & Tomlinson
EC1, Edward Street
“Carmen” were the equivalent of today’s delivery drivers.
2 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Braeside - nursery
IG10, Connaught Avenue, 1, Godiva House
2023: the building seems to be used by the Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery and also by the Godiva Printing Shop.
School grounds and building
N1, Bletchley Street
A strange memorial. The little roof and pillars make this look as if it could originally have been the entrance to the building. But with...
2 subjects commemorated
Pierre Cérésole
Engineer and peace activist. Born in Lausanne. He worked in the United States and Japan, returning to Switzerland at the outbreak of WW1. He became a conscientious objector, and was imprisoned beca...
1 memorial
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Born in Plympton, Devonshire. Came to London in 1753. As a student of Italian art, his work became increasingly classical under the influence of the Bolognese school. In 1768 he was elected the fir...
15 memorials