Sculptor. Born Glasgow. Good friend and associate of Rodin. Also by Tweed is the Wellington Monument in St. Paul’s Cathedral. Died in a nursing home at 18 Langham Street.
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John Tweed
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John Tweed SW10
The plaque gives his birth year as 1863, when, according to the Oxford Dictio...
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Kitchener statue
{On the front of the plinth:} Kitchener, 1850 - 1916 {On the front of the lo...
Rifle Brigade
There are 3 statues on this memorial: to the left - a rifleman of 1806; to th...
Sir George White
{On both sides of the plinth:} Field-Marshal Sir George Stuart White, V.C., ...
Other Subjects
1 memorial
William Bateman Fagan
Born Bermondsey. Andrew Behan's researches have found that when he was baptised on 7 April 1872 at St Mary Newington Church, Lambeth his date of birth was recorded as 3 September 1860. Lots of inte...
12 memorials
Anne Seymour Damer
Anne Seymour Damer (née Conway) was a sculptor, author, traveller, theatrical producer and actress. Honorary exhibitor at the Royal Academy 1784-1818. Divorced after 7 years of marriage, 2 years la...
1 memorial
Frederick E. E. Schenck
Born Edinburgh to a German immigrant lithographer. Via Stoke on Trent he moved to London in 1888. Often worked with the architect Henry Hare. Speel provides a lot of information including that Sche...
4 memorials
James Alexander Stevenson (Myranda)
Stevenson signed himself as Myranda (a elision of his wife's name, Myra, and their surname) to avoid being confused with another sculptor of the same name. We have not yet found much information a...
1 memorial
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British Property Federation
From their website: "We represent the interests of all those involved in property ownership and investment. We aim to create the conditions in which the commercial property industry can grow and th...
1 memorial
National Children's Bureau
EC1, Wakley Street, 8
The inscription in the stone is merely functional but the overlapping children's heads adorning the entrance are a delight. The "hair" o...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Bobby Abel
Cricketer. Born Robert Abel at 18 Commercial Street, Rotherhithe. He was the first England player to "carry his bat", i.e. opening the batting and remaining not out at the end of an innings, and th...
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Tony Hancock
Comedy actor. Otherwise known as Anthony Aloysius St. John Hancock, of 23 Railway Cuttings, East Cheam. Born in Birmingham as Anthony John Hancock. He was a major figure in British television and...
6 memorials
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