Person    | Male  Born 14/1/1623  Died 7/12/1683

Colonel Algernon Sidney

Opponent of King Charles II. Born Baynard's Castle. Exiled in Rome. Returned in 1677 and was implicated in the Rye House Plot. Beheaded on Tower Hill.

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Colonel Algernon Sidney

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Tower Hill Martyrs - list

{5 plaques, in total listing 27 names, each with their year of death, the fir...

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Eric Gascoigne Robinson, VC

Eric Gascoigne Robinson, VC

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Person, Armed Forces, Turkey

War served, WW1
2 memorials
Edward Cooper, VC

Edward Cooper, VC

Awarded the VC for his heroism on 16 August 1917, age 21, while serving in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps. "Enemy machine gun fire from a blockhouse was holding up the battalion’s advance. With four ...

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
No. 11 Fighter Group RAF Operations Room

No. 11 Fighter Group RAF Operations Room

 It was from this underground bunker that the air defence of London and the south-east was coordinated during the Battle of Britain and throughout WW2.  It's now a museum and well worth a visit. 2...

Building, Armed Forces

1 memorial
R. G. Beckley

R. G. Beckley

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
J. F. Collins

J. F. Collins

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

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V&A façade - Barry

V&A façade - Barry

SW7, Cromwell Road

Excluding the allegories (such as Knowledge) there are 36 statues on the two public façades of the V&A Museum, on Exhibition Road and...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Councillor A. H. Gillison

Councillor A. H. Gillison

Member of Housing Committee, Diss Street 1922. Councillor and member of Housing Committee, Parmiter Street, 1926. Councillor and on the Bethnal Green Baths Committee in 1926.

Person, Politics & Administration

3 memorials
Royal Naval Air Service

Royal Naval Air Service

We can't find a date for when this was first formed; it seems to have come into existence gradually.  The use of aircraft for military and naval purposes was first discussed officially in 1908.  Tw...

Group, Armed Forces, Aviation

2 memorials
Merchant Taylors' School

Merchant Taylors' School

Founded in 1561 by Sir Thomas White and originally at St Lawrence Pountney, EC4. In 1875 moved to newly built premised at Charterhouse, mainly to enable expansion. But by 1929 it had been decided t...

Building, Education

3 memorials
Arnold Morley keystone

Arnold Morley keystone

EC1, Edward Street, Nomura House

Morley opened this building. With the pupil-less eyes this looks like a death mask in contrast to the sighted Raikes' keystone on the eas...

1 subject commemorated