Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Albert Littlejohn, B.EM.
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Smith and Littlejohn - heroes
The plaque says the rescue occurred ‘near to this place’, when in fact it hap...
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Admiral Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford
Born Chiswick. One of the Immortal Seven (see William III). Died at the house with the plaque.
Jan Verbruggen
Master gun-founder and artist. Born at Enkhuizen in the Netherlands. After an unsuccessful attempt in 1763, he and his son Pieter were appointed master founders at the Royal Arsenal Woolwich in 177...
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Greater London Council
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its left-wing politics, nor its leader, Ken Livingstone. On its 50th anniversary Diamond Geezer posted a goo...
Dr Abraham I. Silverman
Founded the Camden Road doctors' surgery in the late 1920s in the building where he also lived. He served there as a GP for 60 years, keeping the surgery open through the Blitz. It is one of the ...
London County Council
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the first directly elected strategic local government body for London. Replaced by the Greater London Council, covering a la...
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Born Kilkee, county Clare, Ireland. He led several Antarctic expeditions and located the South magnetic pole during his voyage of 1907-1909. Died of a heart attach on a voyage to the South Atlantic...
Emily Wilding Davison
Militant suffragette. Born Roxburgh House, Vanbrugh Park Road, Greenwich (see Running Past for info about the house). Brought up in Hertfordshire until aged 11 when the family returned to London. H...
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