Plaque

Houndsditch murders

Erection date: 16/12/2010

Inscription

Near to this spot on the 16th December 1910 three City of London Police Officers were fatally wounded whilst preventing a robbery at 119 Houndsditch.
In commemoration of Sgt Robert Bentley, Sgt Charles Tucker, PC Walter C. Choat, whose courage and sense of duty will not be forgotten.

Two other officers were crippled for life. The plaque does not mention the Sidney Street Siege but it is so closely connected we've added it as a Subject Commemorated.

Site: Houndsditch murders (1 memorial)

EC3, Cutler Street

The plaque is on the low wall, just to the right of "Cutler Street". (Note that Cutler Street does a right angle here.) The plan was to burgle the jewellers at 119 Houndsditch by breaking in from the house behind (rented for the purpose), which fronted onto Cutler Street, opposite this plaque. All of the buildings connected with the Houndsditch murders and the Sidney Street Siege are long gone.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Houndsditch murders

Subjects commemorated i

Houndsditch murders

The story is well told at Times of Malta. The cutting equipment used in the r...

Read More

Sidney Street siege

We are indebted to Derek Smith for the following write-up of the siege: The S...

Read More

Sgt Robert Bentley

Aged 36, was shot dead after entering the house in Cutler Street where robber...

Read More

PC Walter C. Choat

Aged 34, killed by a burglary gang fighting their way out of a building in Cu...

Read More

Sgt Charles Tucker

Aged 46, killed by a burglary gang fighting their way out of a building in Cu...

Read More

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Houndsditch murders

Created by i

Nearby Memorials

Tom Baker

Tom Baker

W1, Berwick Street, 83-84

" London County Council"? We don't think so. A Sir Tom Baker has a bespoke tailoring business around the corner at 4 D’Arblay Street, whe...

1 subject commemorated
Sean O'Casey

Sean O'Casey

SW11, Prince of Wales Drive, 49 Overstrand Mansions

Jeanne Rathbone has posted about O'Casey and his time in Battersea, with extracts from his Autobiography.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Giltspur Street compter

Giltspur Street compter

EC1, Giltspur Street

Discovering London took great delight in proving that the "cells" in the pub next door, the Viaduct, are, contrary to urban myth, nothing...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Michael Balfe

Michael Balfe

W1, Seymour Street, 12

L.C.C. 1911 Michael William Balfe (1808 - 1870), musical composer, lived here.

1 subject commemorated
1 - Mrs Toulson

1 - Mrs Toulson

N7, Caledonian Road, 426

These 6 plaques are on the east elevation of the building, below the ground floor windows. We have numbered the plaques left to right. F...

2 subjects commemorated