Event    From 27/7/2012  To 12/8/2012

Olympic Games - 2012

Categories: Sport / Games

See also 2012 Paralympics. The first event was held on 25 July in Cardiff but the opening ceremony in London was on the 27th. Closing ceremony 12 August.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Olympic Games - 2012

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2012 Commemorations - Blackheath

The names on the outer circumference sound as though they are areas of Blackh...

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2012 Olympics Bell

The quotation, from Shakespeare's 'The Tempest', was spoken by Kenneth Branag...

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Charlotte Dujardin gold post box

{On plaque attached to side of box:} This post box has been painted gold by R...

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Chaucer and Aldgate

{On a worn notice stuck to the pavement immediately below the wooden structur...

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Chinese Polo Players

{On a nearby ornamental base:} 2012 London Polo. By Huang Jian, China China i...

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Natasha Baker

Natasha Baker

Para-equestrian. Born Hammersmith. Gold Medal winner, London 2012 Paralympic Games, Equestrian: Individual - Championship Test, Grade II.

Person, Sport / Games

2 memorials
Walter Kent Williams

Walter Kent Williams

A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1.

Person, Sport / Games

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Leyton Orient Football Club

Leyton Orient Football Club

Originally formed by members of the Glyn Cricket Club.  They played football under various names, became Clapton Orient in 1890, and joined the football league in 1907. Their name finally became Le...

Group, Sport / Games

4 memorials
Charles Edward Lewis

Charles Edward Lewis

A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1.

Person, Sport / Games

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Doggett's Coat and Badge

Doggett's Coat and Badge

The prize for a rowing race for Thames watermen.  Claimed as the oldest race in the world, it was founded by Thomas Doggett in 1715, to commemorate the anniversary of the accession of King George I...

Event, Sport / Games

1 memorial

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Nellie Hannah

Nellie Hannah

Victim of the Druid Street arch bomb, aged 14.

Person

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial