A watch house was an early form of local police station but we've heard it said that this particular watch-house did at one time shelter the guards charged with preventing grave-robbing in the St Sepulchre graveyard. This is the last City of London watch-house standing.
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Watch-house in Giltspur Street
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War dead, WW2
1 memorial
G. T. Bishop
Employed at the Holloway tram garage. Served and was killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Edgar Kinghorn Myles, VC
Soldier. Born Edgar Kinghorn Myles. He was deployed with the 8th (Service) Battalion, Welsh Regiment. On 9th April 1916 at Sanna-i-Yat, Mesopotamia, he went out several times alone in front of Brit...
War served, WW1
2 memorials
Frederick Charles Augustus Mayger
Frederick Charles Augustus Mayger was born on 27 June 1877 the eldest of the five children of George Augustus Mayger (1855-1901) and Mary Jane Mayger née Blatchford (1858-1895). His birth was regis...
War served, WW1
1 memorial
F. W. Powers
Employed at the Streatham bus garage. Served and was killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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