Place    From 1829  To 1890

Scotland Yard

Categories: Armed Forces

The first headquarters of the Metropolitan Police were named after the entrance on Great Scotland Yard. In about 1890 they moved from here to new premises by Norman Shaw on the Victoria Embankment, named New Scotland Yard. This had to be extended in 1906 and in 1935, that last extension being known as the Curtis Green Building after its architect William Curtis Green. In 1967 the Met moved to a new building in St James's, also called New Scotland Yard.

2017: Police moved out of New Scotland Yard, St James's and relocated, back to the Curtis Green building at Victoria Embankment, which will be known as New Scotland Yard (again).

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Scotland Yard

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Police at Scotland Yard

Site of Scotland Yard, first headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, 1829 - ...

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Honourable Artillery Company

Honourable Artillery Company

London unit about which IanVisits writes "oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior in the Territorial Army. It has the rare distinction of having fought on both the...

Group, Armed Forces

4 memorials
M. G. Burtwell

M. G. Burtwell

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
H. Ayriss

H. Ayriss

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
G. Meldrum

G. Meldrum

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Brian Needell

Brian Needell

Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial

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George, Duke of Kent

George, Duke of Kent

Son of George V. Born York Cottage, Sandringham. Honorary member of Lincoln's Inn. 1934 created Duke of Kent and married Marina. Rumoured to have had affairs with Jessie Matthews and Noel Coward. D...

Person, Royalty, Tragedy

War dead, WW2
3 memorials
Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson

Playwright and poet. Born in Westminster, possibly, and a committed Londoner, though also of proud Scottish descent. Imprisoned three times, once for his first play which was deemed to be "lewd, se...

Person, Theatre, Scotland

3 memorials
50th anniversary of VJ Day

50th anniversary of VJ Day

The surrender of Japan was announced in Japan (USA, Europe, etc.) on 14 (15) August 1945 and effectively ended WW2. The paperwork was done two weeks later on 2 September. All three dates are someti...

Event, History

3 memorials
Orange Street Chapel

Orange Street Chapel

Also known as the Leicester Fields chapel. Founded by Huguenot refugees who fled from France at the time of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Occupied: - 1693-1776 by the Huguenots, - 1776-1...

Building, Religion

3 memorials
Thomas Rowlandson

Thomas Rowlandson

Artist and caricaturist. Born Old Jewry. Died 1 James Street. The picture, by Rowlandson, includes a self-portrait, on the left.

Person, Art

2 memorials