Group    From 1880 

George Wimpey Ltd

Categories: Engineering, Property

Based in Hammersmith initially so an early job was very local - the Hammersmith Town Hall. Also: the first electric tramway in London and the White City exhibition buildings including the 1908 Olympic stadium. 2007 merged with Taylor Woodrow into Taylor Wimpey, a civil engineering and construction company.

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George Wimpey Ltd

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Wimpey

{Bronze plaque on the low plinth:} Ridirich by Keith McCarter {means Knight i...

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Harold Knox King, CBE, CEng, FICE, FIMun.E, FRICS

Harold Knox King, CBE, CEng, FICE, FIMun.E, FRICS

Harold Knox King was born on 24 March 1907, the second child of William Henry King and Williamina King. His birth was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1907 in the Rochdale registration district, La...

Person, Engineering, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Royal Brass Foundry

Royal Brass Foundry

The Woolwich riverfront had been used as a dockyard and arms store for decades so having the foundry here made sense. It's construction was in response to a fatal explosion at Bagley's Foundry, jus...

Building, Armed Forces, Engineering

2 memorials
Dugald Trystan Julius Herbert Gonsal OBE

Dugald Trystan Julius Herbert Gonsal OBE

Camden's chief engineer and assistant director of environment: 1966- 2001 when he retired. From the Burghers In The UK website we learn that he was born on 12 April 1935 in Colombo, Ceylon (now ca...

Person, Engineering, Politics & Administration, Sri Lanka

1 memorial
Royal Engineers

Royal Engineers

A corps of the British Army. It provides military engineering and other technical support to the British Armed Forces. Known as 'sappers' apparently from the French 'sappe' meaning 'spadework' or '...

Group, Armed Forces, Engineering

1 memorial
Sir John Hawkshaw

Sir John Hawkshaw

Civil engineer. Born in Leeds. Moved to London in 1850. He worked on canals and railways around the world, and was involved with the proposed channel tunnel of 1872. His best known construction is ...

Person, Engineering

1 memorial

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Foundry

Foundry

SE5, Burgess Park

We think this memorial was erected c.2017 and by the time we researched it, we could no longer find any information at artinthepark.co.uk...

1 subject commemorated