1836 - W.S. Gilbert - 1911
Playwright & poet. His foe was folly & his weapon wit.
{at the feet of the ladies are:}
Tragedy
Comedy
{on the scroll with the shield beneath - the Latin text translates as "I would rather die than change". :}
Mallem mori quam mutare
{bottom left:}
Geo. Frampton 1914
WC2, Victoria Embankment
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
W.S. Gilbert monument
Playwright, lyricist & poet. Born 17 Southampton Street as William Schwen...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
W.S. Gilbert monument
Sculptor. Born at 91 Brook Street, Lambeth. Died at home at 91 Carlton Hill,...
The sculpture represents Rima, the nature-spirit heroine of Hudson's book "Green Mansions". It caused quite a stir at the time, from the ...
Note that Pte. Charles R. King, 7th Centre of London Regiment, appears twice in the list. Such are the perils of not sorting your list! ...
We are not convinced that basing the design of this memorial on the painting Gassed is totally successful. Compare this memorial with th...
Note that the arrangement of the names on the back has been well-designed: they are in alphabetical sequence and fit neatly onto the ston...
The names of those buried in this cemetery without headstones on their graves are listed on a separate nearby memorial.
The building with the clock (dated 1853),just uphill from the plaque, is called 'The Old Rectory'.
United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. Christopher Newton-Carter was born on 17 December 1949 in Hampstead, the son of Andre Newton-Carter (1919-...
Back in 2022 Matt Brown of Londonist kindly sent us 2 plaques he garnered while Open House visiting the MY Havengore. The yacht was comm...
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