Around 40,000 nurses and midwives from around the Commonwealth, notably Africa and the Caribbean, came to the UK from its inception in 1948 to the mid-70’s to work in the fledgling NHS, which was facing problems recruiting staff.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Commonwealth and African NHS staff
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Windrush & Commonwealth NHS Nurses and Midwives Statue
London Post has drawings for the sculpture and informs "16 pieces of granite,...
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1 memorial
Edmund Alexander Parkes
Born Oxfordshire. In Burma with the army he investigated cholera and dysentery.
1 memorial
Elizabeth Blackwell
The first woman to be accepted by the register of the General Medical Council, and also the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States. Born in Bristol, her family emigrated to th...
1 memorial
West London Hospital
It was saved from demolition by the Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group and was converted to offices.
1 memorial
Sir George Frederic Still, KCVO, MD, LLD, FRCP
George Frederic Still was born on 28 February 1868 in Holloway, Middlesex (now Greater London), the fourth of the eight children of George Still (1834-1885) and Eliza Still née Andrew (1834-1914). ...
1 memorial
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First settlement of Nepali community
The first settlement of the Nepali community in London.
1 memorial
Tower Hamlets Community Housing Ltd
THCH is a charitable housing provider managing over 3,000 homes exclusively in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Established in 2000 as part of a Government programme to transfer housing from lo...
19 memorials
Greenwich Palace / Palace of Placentia
The palace was built, as Bella Court, by Humphrey Duke of Gloucester, regent to the child king Henry VI. When the king married Margaret of Anjou Humphrey fell out of favour and died in prison in 1...
2 memorials
10 memorials
Transport for London / London Transport
This organisation has been a bit of a political football, often having its name changed, as follows: 1902 - 1933 Underground Electric Railways Company of London 1933 - 1948 London Passenger Transpo...
50 memorials
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