Hackney Wick war memorial
E9, Victoria Park
2016: We took a close-up photo of the most legible corner - the rest is just gray mottled lettering on gray mottled marble - to show why ...
2 subjects commemorated
Woolwich Boer war memorial
SE18, Grand Depot Road
{On the front face of the plinth:} To the glory of God Erected by the officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the 61st Battery Roy...
War dead | Other war
20 subjects commemorated
20 subjects commemorated
St George's Circus - obelisk
SE1, St George's Circus
Diamond Geezer has a very good post on this piece of street furniture but, surprisingly, he does not comment on the accuracy of the measu...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
New Zealand obelisk
SE10, King William Walk
Made of Cornish granite. Â We've photoed the stone chain around the monument. Â Lower down is a stone rope with knots at the corners. We l...
War dead | Other war
22 subjects commemorated
22 subjects commemorated
Royal Naval Division - WW1
SW1, Horse Guards Parade
Near the base of the four sides of the obelisk water jets into the basin below. The low wall around this fine, plain monument is decorate...
2 subjects commemorated,
3 creators
Bellot memorial obelisk
SE10, Five Foot Walk, Royal Naval College
33ft high red granite. Â Described in detail at the splendid PMSA.
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Steve Fairbairn
SW15, Putney Towpath Embankment
{Medallion on an obelisk, with a portrait:} Steve Fairbairn, 1862 1938. {Plaque beneath medallion:} This memorial commemorates the cen...
3 subjects commemorated,
4 creators
Thomas Paine obelisk
EC1, Angel Square
Erected on the 200th anniversary of the publication of Paine's "Rights of Man", written while Paine lived at the Angel Inn which used to ...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Cleopatra's needle
WC2, Victoria Embankment
Pink granite, 68.5 feet high, 186 tons. Vulliamy created, and Youngs cast, the bronze sphinxes at the base, about which our colleague, Al...
5 subjects commemorated,
3 creators
Dance's obelisk
EC2, Circus Place
The design of the obelisk is based on the 1771 one in St George's Circus, The profile is carved in Portland stone and was taken from a co...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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