Group    From 1965 

Newham Council

West Ham was merged with parts of Barking and Woolwich to form the London Borough of Newham in 1965.

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Newham Council

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Charlie Paynter

Charlie Paynter, 1879 - 1970, lived here. West Ham United FC manager 1932 - 1...

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Daisy Parsons

Daisy Parsons, MBE, 1890 - 1957, first female Mayor of West Ham. London Borou...

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Grove Gardens - restored

"These gardens" no longer surround this monument as apparently they once did....

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Harland & Wolff plaque

These ornamental gates stood a the entrance to Harland & Wolff Ltd, shipb...

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Other Subjects

Harry Percy Shepherd

Harry Percy Shepherd

Late Chairman of the Police Committee of the Corporation of London in 1926. Wikipedia lists him as a Sheriff of the City of London in that same year which, together with the "late", rather suggests...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Sir George Reeves-Smith

Sir George Reeves-Smith

Vice Chairman and Managing Director of the Savoy Hotel Ltd, 1900 - 1941.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Richard R. Wale

Richard R. Wale

Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was on the building committee for the Bostall Estate in 1900 and was Chairman of the building committee for the Abbey Wood branch in 1912.

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
H. P. Clements

H. P. Clements

On the committee of the Stratford Co-operative and Industrial Society in 1919.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Don Cook

Don Cook

St Pancras Rent strike: In 1960 the Tory council of the old borough of St Pancras (now part of Camden) attempted to impose large rent increases. The tenants, the generation who had fought in WW2, ...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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Richard Garbrar

Richard Garbrar

Co-churchwarden of St Peter and St Matthew Friday Street in 1712.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
William McMillan

William McMillan

Born Aberdeen, Scotland. During the WW1 he was awarded the British and Victory medals, which he had himself designed. Died in hospital, Richmond, Surrey, following a mugging. Other London work: the...

Person, Sculpture, Scotland

11 memorials