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Eton Manor - WW2

Eton Manor - WW2

E20, Eastway, Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre

The text on the top plaque refers to two locations: "here and at the Eton Manor Club in Hackney Wick". But that plaque and the others wit...

War dead | WW2
61 subjects commemorated
Eton Manor - WW1

Eton Manor - WW1

E20, Eastway, Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre

This WW1 panel was erected in 2013 and is noticeably more modern in style and in better condition than the two WW2 panels flanking it. Ou...

War dead | WW1
23 subjects commemorated
Colyer-Fergusson - W1

Colyer-Fergusson - W1

W1, Fitzhardinge Street, Orchard Court

There must be many men who were awarded the VC, posthumously or not, whose birthplaces are not marked with a plaque. Why this one? His fa...

War dead | WW1
1 subject commemorated
Benjamin Geary VC

Benjamin Geary VC

SE24, Norwood Road, Brockwell Park

Under the beady eye of this impressive 2015 Escher-inspired mural by Phlegm.

War served | WW1
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Second Lieutenant Alfred Fleming-Sandes, VC

Second Lieutenant Alfred Fleming-Sandes, VC

SW16, Streatham High Road, Garden of Rememberance, Streatham Common North

The 3 VC plaques are laid in the ground, in front of the war memorial, to the west. Reading left to right: Johnson, Cather, Fleming-Sande...

War served | WW1
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Second Lieutenant Frederick Johnson, VC

Second Lieutenant Frederick Johnson, VC

SW16, Streatham High Road, Garden of Rememberance, Streatham Common North

The 3 VC plaques are laid in the ground, in front of the war memorial, to the west. Reading left to right: Johnson, Cather, Fleming-Sande...

War dead | WW1
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Lieutenant Geoffrey Cather VC

Lieutenant Geoffrey Cather VC

SW16, Streatham High Road, Garden of Rememberance, Streatham Common North

The 3 VC plaques are laid in the ground, in front of the war memorial, to the west. Reading left to right: Johnson, Cather, Fleming-Sande...

War dead | WW1
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
ATC 296 (Stoke Newington) WW2

ATC 296 (Stoke Newington) WW2

N16, Lavell Street

At the War Memorials Register we learn that, since we visited, laminated signs have been attached to the cages around the 13 trees, givin...

War dead | WW2
15 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
Sarah Siddons plaque - gone

Sarah Siddons plaque - gone

NW1, Upper Baker Street, 27

We've not seen the plaque but the V&A's description confirms that it looks just like this Charles Dickens' one. Erected April-May 1876.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Suffolk House

Suffolk House

SE1, Marshalsea Road

The plaque refers to "Thomas Branden, Duke of Suffolk". We have two problems with this: firstly "Branden" is elsewhere consistently spelt...

4 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
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