Erection date: 1/6/2011
Sir William Empson, 1906 – 1984, poet and critic, lived here 1929 - 1931, and at 71 Marchmont Street, 1934 -1936.
Marchmont Association
Unveiled by Sir Williams’ son, Jake Empson. At no 71 Empson lived in the the first floor flat.
WC1, Marchmont Street, 65
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir William Empson
Poet and critic. Born near Goole, Yorkshire. Considered a great English criti...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir William Empson
Aims to promote the on-going improvement of Marchmont Street and the surround...
London Borough of Lewisham Sir Francis Baring, Bart, MP, 1740-1810, merchant & banker, lived here, 1797-1810, presented by Baring Bro...
We first took a photograph of this plaque some time ago, before it was stolen in March 2011, but then replaced with an almost identical c...
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There are identical plaques on both columns at the entrance to the park.
Martha Gellhorn, 1908 - 1998, war correspondent and writer, lived and worked in a flat here. English Heritage
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Civilian killed in WW2.
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 18 May 1915, age 21, while serving in the 15th Ludhiana Sikhs, Indian Army. "Where others had failed, he led a bombing party, under enemy fire, which killed eight ...
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