Battle of Britain - London monument
SW1, Victoria Embankment
BBM says "the names and ranks of the airmen who took part in the battle are {on plaques} mounted around the outside of the monument, the ...
BBM says "the names and ranks of the airmen who took part in the battle are {on plaques} mounted around the outside of the monument, the ...
{On a shield at the top of the monument:} Sixth Dragoon Guards Carabiniers. {On five scrolls beneath the shield:} Blenheim Sevastopol {s...
{Main monument:} Chiswick memorial of the Great War 1914 1918 Homes of rest for Chiswick disabled men of His Majesty's forces and their f...
An adjacent information panel gives extensive information about the attack and the victims.
Commissioned to create a WW1 memorial to the Machine Gun Corps Derwent Wood produced a statue of David (post-Goliath decapitation). The o...
{Above the London Transport logo:} In remembrance of the twelve people killed in the collision between two Central Line trains adjacent t...
The phrase "distant obligation..." references a cabinet meeting on 25 June 1950 at which, in the context of British involvement, Korea wa...
The lettering was done with the technique which involved lead letters attached through pin holes in the stone. As often happens the lead ...
We can find no source for the quotation "May we ...", though it is also used on memorials in Dorset and Falkirk. There are two columns o...
{On the side of the trough:} Erected by Sir Spencer Maryon Wilson 11th Bt and the inhabitants of Charlton to commemorate the Coronation o...