{On front of plinth:}
William Edward Forster, born July 11 1818, died April 5 1886.
To his wisdom and courage England owes the establishment throughout the land of a national system of elementary education.
{Around base of statue, anti-clockwise, starting at the front:}
William Edward Forster, for twenty-five years, Member of Parliament, for Bradford 1861- 1886.
WC2, Victoria Embankment Gardens
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
William Forster
Born Dorset. Member of Parliament for Bradford, 1861- 1886, where there is an...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
William Forster
Bob Speel tells us that this sculptor's works are rare, in London at least, b...
L.C.C. James Anthony Froude. (1818-1894), historian and man of letters lived here.
The 6 VC plaques are laid into the ground in front of the monument.
This brass plaque on the pavement had become badly worn and a new one was erected on a nearby wall.
The doors are labelled "Prince Edward Theatre", whose main entrance is in Old Compton Street.
Cy Grant, 1919 - 2010, activist,writer,musician, pioneering actor and WWII RAF navigator, lived here 1962 - 2010. Nubian Jak Community Tr...
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