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Aimé-Jules Dalou
Sculptor. Born and died in Paris. Fervent supporter of the Paris Commune. When this was suppressed he escaped to London in July 1871, and only returned to Paris in 1880 when pardoned in the general...
Percy George Bentham
Sculptor. Born Fulham. City and Guild Art School Newsletter 2014 confirms that 'Navigation' (being conserved by the school at the time of publication) is by Bentham, who studied at the school.
Baron Carlo Marochetti
Born Turin. Lived in France most of his life but escaped to London in 1848. Became Victoria and Albert's favourite sculptor. Buried in France. His 1864 statue of Sir Mark Cubbon, created in London...
Brian Yale
Sculptor. We can't find evidence that this Brian Yale is the sculptor who died on 12 October 2009.
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H. Bristow
Died serving in WW1. Member of the parish of Saint Olave and Saint John Southwark.
Japanese Garden - Holland Park
W8, Holland Park
Another plaque, further along the path reads: The Empress and I, as well as so many of our people, were deeply moved by the immediate res...
World War 2
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do visit the picture source web site - it has a fascinating collection of maps. And we enjoyed these photos of current WW2 ev...
World War 1
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
WPC Yvonne Fletcher memorial
SW1, St James Square
The first memorial created by the Police Memorial Trust, it was unveiled by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
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