1979

Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer

Born Colchester. Fought in both world wars. Chief of the Imperial General Staff 1955–8. Chief military adviser during the Suez Crisis. Colonel of the Royal Horse Guards from 1963 and Colonel of the Blues and Royals from 1969. Died Chelsea.

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Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer

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Hyde Park Barracks - 1970

This plaque was unveiled by Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer KG and Admiral o...

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V. E. D. Weir

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2

1 memorial

Wm. Dickens

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

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1

1 memorial

Thomas Rainsborough

Grew up in Wapping. A spokesman for the Levellers and a colonel in the New Model Army. Killed by a Royalist raiding party during the siege of Pontefract. The Levellers arranged for his funeral, ...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

Private William Jones

There is some confusion about this man. According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website, William Jones was born in 1875 a son of Hugh and Bridget Jones who lived in Listowel, County Ker...

Person, Armed Forces, France, Ireland

War dead, WW1

1 memorial

A. J. Potter

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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USAAF - European HQ

The HQ of the United States Army Air Forces moved from London to Camp Griffiss in Bushy Park and then, following the success of D-Day, to France.

Group, Armed Forces, USA

13 memorials

Morley College

This college has its origins in the temperance Royal Victoria Coffee and Music Hall. In 1882, using the back-stage and the dressing rooms of the theatre, Emma Cons introduced Tuesday “penny” lectur...

Group, Education, Social Welfare

3 memorials

Margaret Roper

Daughter of Sir Thomas More. After her executed father’s parboiled head had been displayed on a pike at London bridge for the required month, she bribed the keeper to give it to her. She pickled it...

Person, Friend / family

2 memorials

Hackney Council

Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington, all three of which had been created in 1900. Previously they had been paris...

Group, Politics & Administration

61 memorials

James Edmondson

Builder. Born in Clerkenwell, the son of a carpenter, Isaac, from Cumberland. His first major development was the streets around Sotheby Road in Highbury and he went on to develop areas of Crouch E...

Person, Property

1 memorial