Erection date: 31/1/2011
Sam King M.B.E., born 1926, Mayor of Southwark, 1983-84, wartime R.A.F. serviceman, passenger on the Empire Windrush, West Indian community leader and Christian advocate, lived here, 1958-1984.
London Borough of Southwark - Voted by the people.
SE24, Warmington Road, 2
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sam King
Born in Jamaica, he served in the R.A.F. during the second world war. Along w...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sam King
The London Borough of Southwark was created as an amalgamation of the Metropo...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Sam King
This memorial is, oddly, erected very close to, and land-side of, the Wapping cupola which disguises a ventilation shaft for the Rotherhi...
Some of the "other material damage" can be seen in the pock-marks in the stone wall behind the plaque.
Thanks to Gordon for telling us about this plaque and thanks to Alan Patient for the photos.
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