To the memory of those members of the staff of the proprietors of Hay's Wharf who lost their lives in two great wars, MCMXIV - MCMXVIII, MCMXXXIX - MCMXLV. {1914 - 1918, 1939 - 1945}
SE1, Queen's Walk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hay's Wharf war memorial
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
The land between Tooley Street and the Thames has been occupied by wharves an...
MCC The second Lord's Cricket Ground, 1811 - 1813, home of MCC, was located on part of Lisson Green Estate.
Byron was born in Holles Street. House number 24 was the location for the first ever (Royal) Society of Arts plaque, placed in 1868. Per...
Gavin Maxwell, 1914 - 1969, naturalist and writer lived here, 1961 - 1965.
We have found that the plaque was unveiled by the Mayor of Greenwich, but there is no indication that Greenwich Council actually erected it.
We are guessing that the plaque was fixed to the oblong section of wall that you can see in our photo, above the head of the seated person.
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