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 ...
H.G. Wells writer lived in this house in 1894 whilst writing The Time Machine. The H.G. Wells Society
9 - 21 Tufnell Park Road were listed in 1994. The listing entry says: "Detached and semi-detached houses linked to form a terrace. 1840-...
Greater London Council Robert Baden-Powell, 1857-1941, chief scout of the world lived here.
Hill House (or The Hill), was occupied after his father's death by John Gurney Hoare. In 1896 his son, Sir Samuel Hoare, sold it to Georg...
This plaque marks the site of 127 Holden Road which was formerly on this site. We can't find a photo but think it was built in about 188...
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