E. V. Knox & Punch
The Wesleys
Gandhi and Indo-British togetherness trees
Queen’s Regiment war memorial
Knightsbridge - 5 - Temple
Edith S. Kerrison
11 Group Operations Room
Children's Society - Edward Rudolf

What is London Remembers?

The aim of this website is to document all the memorials in London. That's the plaques, monuments, statues, fountains, etc, that commemorate a person, an event, a building, etc. It's an aim we don't think we will ever achieve but we will enjoy the attempt.

Memorial types

Bust

Bust

352 memorials

Fountain

Fountain

142 memorials

Gates

Gates

21 memorials

Ghost bike

Ghost bike

32 memorials

Ghost building

Ghost building

9 memorials

Keystone

Keystone

27 memorials

Monument

Monument

337 memorials

Mural

Mural

94 memorials

Latest Memorials

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Old Bailey - WW2 plaque

Old Bailey - WW2 plaque

EC4, Old Bailey, Old Bailey

The Latin is a very appropriate legal phrase, meaning "Let justice be done though the heavens fall". The plaque does not definitively st...

Civilian war dead | WW2
10 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Old Bailey - WW2 mural

Old Bailey - WW2 mural

EC4, Old Bailey, Old Bailey

The Central Criminal Court of England and Wales is normally called the Old Bailey after the street it's on, which itself stands on the ro...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Devon Mansions bombing

Devon Mansions bombing

SE1, Tooley Street, Devon Mansions, Block 12

Bermondsey Street Back Stories says three people died in this raid.

2 subjects commemorated
Streatham Bus Garage - WW1 plaque

Streatham Bus Garage - WW1 plaque

SW16, Streatham High Road, Streatham Ice and Leisure Centre

This close-up photo comes from the London Transport Museum Collection. From that photo we'd guess that the plaque has about 10 - 15 names...

War dead | WW1
30 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
V2 rocket - Charterhouse Street

V2 rocket - Charterhouse Street

EC1, Charterhouse Street, 33, J. J. Mack Building

In 2022 Pavlos Clifton, Head of Development at Bywater Properties published an interesting page about the design of this memorial. This p...

3 subjects commemorated

Latest Subjects

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Old Bailey WW2 bomb

Old Bailey WW2 bomb

A bomb landed on the Old Bailey on 10/11 May 1941 destroying the north-west corner. The mural shows the damaged building, which is also recorded in this photograph held by the Science Museum Group ...

Event, Property

2 memorials
Gerald Moira

Gerald Moira

Gerald Edward Moira was an English painter best known for his murals. Born in London, the son of a former Portuguese diplomat. His first commission was a mural for J. Lyons and Co., for the Trocad...

Person, Art

1 memorial
Maxwell Bros.

Maxwell Bros.

Based at 308 - 312 Brixton Hill. Brixton Buzz has an article about their premises with this 1960s photo. Note that "Maxwell" is also on the high bar across the side alley confirming they operated ...

Group, Craft / Design, Property

1 memorial
Those affected by the Smithfield V2 rocket attack, 8 March 1945

Those affected by the Smithfield V2 rocket attack, 8 March 1945

110 people were killed by this bomb. From the memorial creators: "While the loss of life was terrible, the number of injured was even higher and those others affected though loss of livelihood, fri...

Group, Tragedy

1 memorial
National Service Veterans Association

National Service Veterans Association

The Chairman of this organisation, Mr Homer,  served in the Royal Army Service Corps 1958 - 60. He  wants to get plaques in county towns and towns of military importance. There are currently {July ...

Group, Armed Forces

1 memorial

Seriously Famous

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Virginia Woolf
Charles Rolls
Boris Karloff
Leonardo da Vinci
John Milton
Percy Bysshe Shelley

Lost Memorials

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Streatham Bus Garage - WW1 plaque
Organ donors
J. Lyons war memorial - second location
J. Lyons war memorial - original location
Middlesex Hospital - Broderip Ward
Thomas Cubitt - N16

Died on this day

Arthur Moore Lascelles, VC

Died: 7/11/1918, 106 years ago

Person, Armed Forces, France

2 memorials
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Puzzle-corner

Duchess of Sutherland and Countess of Cromarty

Active in 1885. Visit the picture source and you will see that Ron Hodgkinson, the owner of the painting, is trying to verify the identification of the sitter. So we are not certain that it is the ...

1 memorial
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