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Peace Pagoda

Peace Pagoda

SW11, Battersea Park

Between 1947 and 2000 eighty peace pagodas were built around the world by the Nipponzan Myohoji Japanese Buddist movement, led by Nichida...

2 subjects commemorated
Louis-Napoleon, Prince Imperial

Louis-Napoleon, Prince Imperial

BR7, Prince Imperial Road

Ao. Di. instead of A.D. is very unusual. Fecit is Latin: 'he made it'.

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Silvertown explosion - monument

Silvertown explosion - monument

E16, Royal Crest Avenue, Royal Wharf Gardens

Probably erected no more than an year or so after the explosion, this monument used to be the south side of North Woolwich Road, nearly o...

War dead | WW1, WW2
35 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
WW2 Arctic Convoys memorial

WW2 Arctic Convoys memorial

EN1, Silver Street

Our image shows a close-up of the logo on the memorial. We think that the bird (a swallow?) used to be flying in front of an enamelled bl...

5 subjects commemorated, 6 creators
Croydon Tram Derailment - Sandilands

Croydon Tram Derailment - Sandilands

CR0, Addiscombe Road

This memorial is close to the crash site. There is another in New Addington.

8 subjects commemorated
Croydon Tram Derailment - New Addington

Croydon Tram Derailment - New Addington

CR0, Central Parade, Market Square

There is another memorial in Sandilands.

1 subject commemorated
West Ham Tramway employees war memorial

West Ham Tramway employees war memorial

E13, Greengate Street, 90

In our photo the foundation stone can be seen behind the railings, below the left-hand ground floor window. This 1906 building was the H...

War dead | WW1
54 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
Twickenham war memorial

Twickenham war memorial

TW1, Cross Deep, Radnor Gardens

Distinctively, apart from featuring women, the statue portrays a joyous soldier, as opposed to the more usual sombre figure.

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Surbiton war memorial - WW1 names and WW2

Surbiton war memorial - WW1 names and WW2

KT6, Ewell Road

There are several names at the bottom of the memorial which are not in alphabetical order. Presumably these were added after the memorial...

War dead | WW1
388 subjects commemorated
St Mark's WW2 cairn

St Mark's WW2 cairn

KT6, Ewell Road

The Belcher plaque is on the stone in the foreground of our photo, and the St Mark's cairn and WW2 memorials behind it.

2 subjects commemorated
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