Countryside Commission's Task Force Tree Programme
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Task Force Trees
Creations i
Avenue of trees - Hampstead Heath
This avenue was replanted in November 1988 to replace trees destroyed by a hu...
Millionth Tree - Victoria Embankment Gardens
This is the millionth tree of the Countryside Commission's Task Force Tree Pr...
Other Subjects
2 memorials
Sir William Hooker
Botanist. Born William Jackson Hooker at 7 Magdalen Street, Norwich. He collected specimens of mosses from Scotland and Iceland. Became first director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1841. Fat...
Person, Gardens / Agriculture, Science, Iceland / Faroe Islands, Scotland
1 memorial
Canal & River Trust
From their website: "We're the charity who look after and bring to life 2,000 miles of waterways, because we believe that life is better by water." Canal & River Trust took over the guardiansh...
1 memorial
Members of Kew Guild and staff of Royal Botanic Gdns Kew lost in WW1, WW2
From the Kew Guild: "The Kew Guild was founded in 1893, as an offshoot of the Kew Mutual Improvement Society (itself created in 1871), with an intention of uniting past and present “Kewites” by mea...
1 memorial
Margaret Mellor
As a Waterloo resident Margaret worked from about 1972 on community planning in Waterloo. Her main aims have been to increase social housing for families and green open space for everyone. She co...
1 memorial
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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...
11 memorials
G. Gordon Edwards
Resident of the West Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Battersea Bridge
SW11, Riverside Walk
Crossing the River by Brian Cookson points out that the 18th of June was a bridge-heavy day for Prince Albert Victor in 1887 - he opened ...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Kensington Palace
A residence of the British royal family since the 17th century. Built as Nottingham House by the Earl of Nottingham. It passed from his heir (who was secretary of state to King William III), to the...
2 memorials
Emily Wilberforce
In 1915 as Central President of the Mothers' Union she initiated the idea of a dedicated building which resulted in the opening of Mary Sumner House in 1925. She resigned as President in 1919. Bo...
1 memorial
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