Plaque

High Tide - 1928

Inscription

Extraordinary high tide
January 7th 1928 when 75 ft of this wall were demolished.
Leonard Collyer - Warden.

The 75 ft of wall which collapsed may actually have been in Millbank which is not only a long way away but is on the other side of the river - so not part of "this wall" in any physical sense.

Site: Thames flood level markers (3 memorials)

SE10, High Bridge Wharf, Trinity Hospital

Reading left to right these plaques are: Tide - 1874, Wall - 1817, Tide - 1928. We think the organisation for which the Wardens worked is probably Trinity House. The BBC has a good page about London floodings.

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High Tide - 1928

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Thames flood wall

The Thames flood wall was erected probably in response to the "The Great Tham...

1928 flood

The Environment Agency gets the date wrong but we assume the rest is correct:...

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High Tide - 1928

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Leonard Collyer

Warden, presumably of a church.

This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
High Tide - 1928

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High Tide - 1874

Variable high tides March 30th 1874 Joseph Giles - Warden

Wall - 1817

This wall was erected and the piles fixed Anno Domini 1817. William Smith - W...

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