Group    From 1855  To 1981

Royal Docks' workers and their families

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During the 126 years of its working life the Royal Docks, the largest enclosed docks in the world, must have employed a huge number of people.

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Royal Docks' workers and their families

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Dockers statue - John Ringwood

{Small steel plaque at the front:} "Landed" This sculpture has been erected a...

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Peter Pain

Peter Pain

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Sir Arthur Crosfield

Sir Arthur Crosfield

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New River Company

New River Company

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6 memorials
Frank Pick

Frank Pick

Pioneer of good design for London Transport. Born Lincolnshire. Click on the picture source web site for more information.

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Captain Geoffrei Hugh Austen-Cartmell

Captain Geoffrei Hugh Austen-Cartmell

Geoffrei Hugh Austen-Cartmell was born on 30 October 1895, the second of the three children of James Austen Cartmell (1862-1921) and Mary Affleck Cartmell née Peacock (1860-1906). Civil Registratio...

Person, Armed Forces, Law, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial