Erection date: 2000
Sir Eyre Massey Shaw, 1830 - 1908, first chief officer of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade lived here, 1878 - 1891.
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SE1, Southwark Bridge Road, 94, Winchester House
This building was part of the complex London Fire Brigade's HQ and Training Centre.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Eyre Massey Shaw
The London Fire Engine Establishment, formed in 1833 under the leadership of ...
Soldier and fire brigade chief. Probably born at Glenmore Cottage, Ballymore,...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Eyre Massey Shaw
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that ma...
Gandhi lived here in the 1890s, whilst studying law at University College.
Two points about the wording on this plaque. 'Navies' were the men who built the canals which were known as 'navigations'. They moved a...
We found these two plaques in the basement, near the lift and stairwell. There may be others elsewhere in the store - if you find any pl...
This plaque was unveiled on 18 September 2020 at a small memorial ceremony but was not erected on the building until some time in November.
Patrick Blackett, 1897 - 1974, physicist and scientific advisor, lived here 1953 - 1969. English Heritage
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