Born London as Edward Alfred Briscoe Drury. More of his work can be seen on the Old War Office in Whitehall. Ornamental Passions has a good page on it.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Alfred Drury
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Burlington House courtyard - Joshua Reynolds
{On the pedestal, at the front:} Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723 - 1792 First Pre...
London Troops memorial plaque - Fulham
We recognised this as a flat version of the monument at the Royal Exchange an...
London Troops War Memorial
Designed by Aston Webb with figures by Alfred Drury. The Duke of York who un...
Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society - Alexander McLeod statue
{On the clock tower façade, all in glazed terracotta: Below the windows:} Ce...
Other Subjects
Thomas Cartwright the Elder
City mason active post Great Fire of 1666. His work was continued by his son, Thomas Cartwright the Younger (1655 - 1711).
3 memorials
Henry Moore
Sculptor Born Castleford, Yorkshire. For his work at 55 Broadway see Ornamental Passions and for a little-known piece from 1953, on the Time-Life building in Bond Street see Ornamental Passions. 2...
2 memorials
José Simões de Almeida
Sculptor. Born at Figueiró dos Vinhos, Portugal. Known as 'Nephew' to distinguish him from his uncle who had the same name and was also a sculptor. He trained at the School of Fine Arts of Lisbon. ...
1 memorial
David Parfitt
Sculptor. No information available but we don't think he's the same David Parfitt who paints lovely watercolour landscapes.
1 memorial
Louis François Roubiliac
Sculptor. Born Lyon. Made his reputation in 1749 with the tomb of the Duke of Argyll in Westminster Abbey. Died penniless.
5 memorials
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M. J. Curley
Councillor and Chairman of the Wembley History Society in 1953.
1 memorial
Leigh Hunt
Poet. Born Southgate. Named 'James Henry Leigh Hunt' after the Duke of Chandos, James Henry Leigh, who was employing Hunt's father, a preacher, as tutor to his nephew at the time of Hunt's birth. F...
6 memorials
Smith and Littlejohn - heroes
SW3, Dovehouse Green
The plaque says the rescue occurred ‘near to this place’, when in fact it happened at the ‘World’s End’ area of Chelsea which is about ha...
3 subjects commemorated
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