In Memoriam
Laura Lyttelton died Easter day 1886
W1, Piccadilly
Standing in Piccadilly one sees 4 memorials on the wall: from left to right: Sotheran Fountain, Garden, Lyttelton Fountain, Railings. There are 3 more memorials in the garden and a plaque on the building outside our photo, to the left, referring to WW2 bomb damage.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Lyttelton Fountain
Laura was one of the sixteen children of wealthy Scottish industrialist and M...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Lyttelton Fountain
The railings erected to commemorate the coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II w...
In a 1946 British Pathe news film one sees that the Garden of Remembrance was...
We usually try and find an attractive detail for our close-up picture but we failed on this fountain; its design was rather austere, for ...
This is a lovely piece of sculpture. The cut off fluted column possibly indicates the "life cut short" of John Baker Law, but he died age...
The Crofton trough is on the left of our photo. The two other troughs here (one being outside out photo, to the right) are only marked "M...
This drinking fountain, manufactured in cast-iron by 'Andrew Handyside & Co. Ltd. of Derby & London' was presented in 1877 at the...
PMSA gives "The tragedy had a great impact on the area and the funerals of the victims were attended by massed crowds. A fund was set up ...
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