This stone was laid by the Rt. Hon. Lord Reith, 17th July 1965.
WC1, Regent Square
Edward Irving was once the priest at the Gothic church that was on this site before WW2. Reith's parents were married in this church and he attended regularly when he first came to London after WW1.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Lord Reith - WC1
First Director-General of the BBC. Born Stonehaven, Kincardineshire. At 6' 6"...
This building was part of the complex London Fire Brigade's HQ and Training Centre.
A.J.P. Taylor 1906 - 1990, historian and broadcaster lived here. English Heritage
Greater London Council Sir Henry Dale, 1875 - 1968, physiologist, lived here.
This is an impressive memorial but many people find it over-sentimental. Like most war memorials it insists we remember the fallen but in...
William Makepeace Thackeray, (1811-1863), novelist, lived here, 1854-1862. L.C.C.
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