This war, the first UN action against aggression, has not officially ended but a ceasefire has held since 1953.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Korean War
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Fleet Air Arm
This bronze figure represents Daedalus, the Greek guy who crafted wings for h...
Korean War memorial
The phrase "distant obligation..." references a cabinet meeting on 25 June 19...
St Sepulchre's Church - Royal Fusiliers
A large board in the garden announces: The Royal Fusiliers (City of London R...
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Robt. L. Baldwin
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
G. B. Brewer
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Robert Edward Cruickshank, VC
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 1 May 1918, age 29, while serving in the London Regiment (London Scottish). "For conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty during an attack. Although severely injur...
Sir William Constable
From Yorkshire. MP for Scarborough and then Knaresborough. Colonel of a regiment of foot in Cromwell's Parliamentary army, governor of Gloucester and one of the signatories to the death warrant of ...
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Surrey Iron Railway Company
The first public railway in England, probably the first in the world. A transport system from London to Portsmouth was needed, either a canal or a tramway. The engineer William Jessop, recommende...
Olive Katherine Lloyd-Baker
From Cotswoldsaonb: "Olive Lloyd-Baker was born ... the middle of three daughters of Michael Granville Lloyd-Baker, eldest son and heir to the Estate. There are glimpses of her strong character in ...
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Festival of Britain - Symbol
W1, Oxford Street, 213
This building was put up in 1951 by architects Ronald Ward and Partners. Ornamental Passions has an excellent report on the building.
Mosaics - Queen Elizabeth II
EC4, New Change, One New Change - roof terrace
One New Change: "The mosaics were originally located within the main entrance lobby of the New Change Building, a home to Bank of England...
Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy
Secretary of Married Women’s Property Committee, Secularist and sexual radical, lived in ‘free love’ union with Benjamin John Elmy (1838 - 1906) who worked closely with her on the campaigns. Only w...
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