Svitlana Tereschenko
E3, Bow Flyover Roundabout
Svitlana Tereschenko was killed when hit by a left-turning tipper lorry. Only a few weeks after this horrible death Brian Dorling died i...
2 subjects commemorated
Women's Transport Service (FANY)
SW1, Wilton Place, St Pauls church
We like the bespoke layout of this plaque: the medals, the maiden-name, the "in Japan", all fitted in, one way or another, achieving a pl...
War dead, War served | WW1, WW2
58 subjects commemorated
58 subjects commemorated
King's Cross war memorial - 3. post-renovations
NW1, Euston Road, King's Cross Station
We are not convinced that basing the design of this memorial on the painting Gassed is totally successful. Â Compare this memorial with th...
4 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Malta Siege
EC3, Byward Street, All Hallows by the Tower
The solid block of stone for the memorial came from Gozo, one of the three inhabited islands that make up Malta. This stone was easily av...
3 subjects commemorated,
3 creators
Rotherhithe war memorial
SE16, St Marychurch Street, St Mary the Virgin Church
The Rotherhithe people were prescient or just lucky. The way they had worded the text for their WW1 memorial meant that all they had to ...
2 subjects commemorated
St John on Bethnal Green war memorial
E2, Cambridge Heath Road, St John on Bethnal Green
A large crucifix is quite common in the forecourt of a church. This one, planted in a pile of stones, a cairn, reminds us of one in High...
1 subject commemorated
4 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Bethnal Green Library war memorial
E2, Cambridge Heath Road, Bethnal Green Library
On our first visit there was no plaque, but the 'ghost' marks on the plinth suggest that there was an original central plaque (WW1) with ...
3 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Barnet war memorial
EN5, Wood Street
The instruction "See that ye conquer by living as we have conquered by dying" sounds like a quote but we can't locate it. The WW1 names ...
War dead | WW1, WW2
427 subjects commemorated
427 subjects commemorated
Stone Bomb Anti-war Monument
IG8, High Road
Airplanes were used in WW1 but there was strong opposition to aerial bombing. The British argued in favour, needing to use the tactic on ...
1 subject commemorated,
6 creators
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