Erection date: 1919
{On the panel, facing the Palace:}
Erected by "The Silver Thimble Fund", 1919.
{On the panel, facing the pond:}
In memory of our soldiers who fought in the Great War, 1914 - 1918.
W2, Broad Walk, Kensington Gardens
The person crouching in our photo is an artist, painting Kensington Palace. See Thimble shelters - north for more information.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Thimble shelters - south
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Thimble shelters - south
Miss {Elizabeth} H. E. Hope-Clarke of Wimbledon, inspired by her own damaged ...
The Freemasons commissioned this memorial to mark the 300th anniversary of The United Grand Lodge of England in 2017 and the centenary of...
London County Council Thomas Wakley, 1795 - 1862, reformer and founder of "The Lancet" lived here.
Sir Donald Sinden, actor, lived here, 1954 - 1997. HGS Residents Association 2015
High on the front, at the left is the Sunday Schools plaque, and on the right the Memorial School plaque. The McArthur stone is low on th...
The front gable is decorated with the date of the building: 1883.
An American rock band, previously billed as the Psychedelic Stooges, and also known as Iggy and the Stooges. This photo shows them at the Hammersmith Apollo in 2010. Iggy Pop and the Stooges playe...
All the text is turned sideways, so it avoids being upside down, whether viewed from inside or outside the garden. This memorial, while s...
This plaque was brought to our attention by Lionel Wright. The erection date is unknown but it was before 3 June 2022 when the official m...
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