Erection date: 6/9/1996
Sir John Milsom Rees, GCVO, 1866 - 1952, surgeon, lived here, 1914 - 1939.
City of Westminster
Site: Sir John Milsom Rees (1 memorial)
W1, Upper Wimpole Street, 18
Erection date: 6/9/1996
Sir John Milsom Rees, GCVO, 1866 - 1952, surgeon, lived here, 1914 - 1939.
City of Westminster
W1, Upper Wimpole Street, 18
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir John Milsom Rees
Laryngologist (ear, nose & throat surgeon) to royalty. Born Wales. Stud...
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Sir John Milsom Rees
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"The munificence of his benefactions" - we just don't write plaques like that anymore.
Princess Alexandra was laying the foundation stone for the Chelsea Hospital for Women which was here until about 1916.
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James Clerk Maxwell FRS King's College London Professor of Natural Philosophy, 1860 - 65 The Institute of Physics
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In the background of our photo you can see the windmill undergoing restoration. The essential MDFCTA tells us that this was originally i...
Fishmonger and Mayor 1374 to 1375 and 1380 to 1381. During the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 King Richard II met the rebels, led by Wat Tyler, at Smithfield to discuss their demands. A scuffle broke out...
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