Harrow clock, WW2 - plaque
HA1, West Street
Our Latin consultant, David Hopkins, provided the translation and adds: "The quote at the top, 'Sapiens qui prospicit', is the school mot...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Guinness Trust Buildings WW2 attack
SW10, King's Road, Guinness Trust Buildings, Caple House
This photo of the plaque comes from Gary Hartwell's Flickr page. He brought it to our attention way back in 2007Â We have recently visite...
3 subjects commemorated
Frank Wearne VC
SW6, Putney Bridge Approach, Vicarage Gardens
A building had been here, about where this monument is, since before 1430. It became the vicarage but its large garden was much reduced b...
War dead | WW1
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Charles Spackman VC
SW6, Putney Bridge Approach, Vicarage Gardens
A building had been here, about where this monument is, since before 1430. It became the vicarage but its large garden was much reduced b...
War served | WW1
2 subjects commemorated
2 subjects commemorated
Sergeant Major George Evans VC
SW6, Putney Bridge Approach, Vicarage Gardens
A building had been here, about where this monument is, since before 1430. It became the vicarage but its large garden was much reduced b...
War served | WW1
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Private Dwyer VC
SW6, Putney Bridge Approach, Vicarage Gardens
A building had been here, about where this monument is, since before 1430. It became the vicarage but its large garden was much reduced b...
War dead | WW1
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Donald McGill - SE3
SE3, Bennett Park, 5
The Guardian archives hold their article about this plaque being erected, and it contains some good saucy jokes, e.g. Judge: "You are pre...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Donald McGill - SW2
SW2, Christchurch Road, 36
The ODNB's page on McGill gives: "His fame was recognized by the placing of a blue plaque on his home, 36 Christchurch Road, Streatham Hi...
1 subject commemorated
Cromwell Road WW1 memorial
N19, Holloway Road, Whittington Park
Geograph has a photo, "taken 7 years ago" (i.e. 2015) which shows the memorial in much better condition than now, 2022, and surrounded wi...
War dead | WW1
22 subjects commemorated
22 subjects commemorated
Bonner Street WW1 memorial
E2, Hartley Street, Bonner Steet Primary School
Mace Street and Tagg Street were two Victorian streets on the east side of Bonner Street, now lost to the Cranbrook Estate. This 1893 map...
War dead | WW1
27 subjects commemorated
27 subjects commemorated
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