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 ...
Prior to about 1840 this site was occupied by Wellington Cricket Ground. The almshouses were built as part of a complex of buildings inc...
{Around the logo of the Terrence Higgins Trust:} The first meeting of the Terrence Higgins Trust was held here on 17th August 1983. 10th ...
This house was designed for Gilbert by Ernest George and Harold Peto. 2018: The Telegraph included this house (in this area of astonishi...
Referring to the plaques on this second landing, as viewed by the people in our photo who are reading them the right way up: - at the lef...
English Heritage Charles Eamer Kempe, 1837 - 1907, stained glass artist lived and worked here.
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