Erection date: 1919
{On the panel, facing the Palace:}
Erected by "The Silver Thimble Fund", 1919.
{On the panel, facing the pond:}
In memory of our soldiers who fought in the Great War, 1914 - 1918.
W2, Broad Walk, Kensington Gardens
The person crouching in our photo is an artist, painting Kensington Palace. See Thimble shelters - north for more information.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Thimble shelters - south
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Thimble shelters - south
Miss {Elizabeth} H. E. Hope-Clarke of Wimbledon, inspired by her own damaged ...
These plaques seem to relate to the maintenance and changing ownership of the grounds of "The Holly Lodge". The house (which was between ...
This plaque was brought to our attention by Deptford Dame and then Alan Patient went along and took the pictures. See the BBC for some ba...
School founded by Angela Burdett-Coutts in 1849 and a member of that family still (2016) sits on the governing board. William had died ju...
This cast-iron roundel is one of 22 - see Bowler's page for more details.
In our photo the sunlit plaque can be seen inside the building, between the heads of the travellers passing through the ticket barriers.
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