Dead Man's Penny
SW18, Crossrail Path, Woolwich Crossrail station
The Oeuvre Nationale le Souvenir Belge is possibly the Belgian equivalent of the British Dead man's penny.
2 subjects commemorated,
4 creators
Colin Hunter
W14, Melbury Road, 14
14 Melbury Road, named Lugar House, was designed by J. J. Stevenson for Colin Hunter and built in 1876. It was a huge house and studio wh...
2 subjects commemorated
ARP Depot - Harrow Green School
E11, Corn Way, 31
The school had closed in 1932 so the buildings must have been an obvious choice for an Air Raid Precautions station.
3 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Sir William Beatty
W10, Harrow Road, Dissenters' Chapel, Kensal Green Cemetery
In our photo the Beatty plaque is on the far left.
4 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Balham Station bombing - 1
SW12, Balham High Road, Balham Underground Station
The memorial is close to the ticket barrier, train side, on your left as you exit the station. When we last visited in April 2025 there ...
4 subjects commemorated
Balham Station bombing - 3
SW12, Balham High Road, Balham Underground Station
The memorial is close to the ticket barrier, train side, on your left as you exit the station. When we last visited in April 2025 there ...
4 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Balham Station bombing - 2
SW12, Balham High Road, Balham Underground Station
The memorial is close to the ticket barrier, train side, on your left as you exit the station. When we last visited in April 2025 there ...
4 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Hill House School - Founders' Hall
SW3, Radnor Walk, 2
The quotation is a variation on Plutarch's 'The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled' from his essay “On Listening".
4 subjects commemorated,
3 creators
Hatfield rail crash
AL9, Great North Road
The photo with the candles was published in the Welwyn and Hatfield Times, reporting on the 2019 memorial service.Â
1 subject commemorated
Paul Eisler
NW2, Exeter Road, 57
October 2025: We thank Dr David M. Jacobson who contacted us to explain the wording on the plaque: “After my family loaned the Science M...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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