{Inscribed on the stone below the casket:}
Vernon House was bought by The Overseas League in 1921 and is dedicated to the perpetual memory of those citizens of the British Empire who laid down their lives in the Great War and to the service of the ideal for which they died.
SW1, Park Place, Overseas House
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Overseas League
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Overseas League
The Royal Over-Seas League was founded in 1910 by Sir Evelyn Wrench to foster...
London County Council Captain Matthew Flinders, R.N., 1774 - 1814, explorer and navigator, lived here.
This 1884 building was designed by Sir John Sulman. Both plaques are on the walls of the clock tower. One you can see in our photo, the ...
St James's Square The first stone of this square was laid 1st Novr. 1847.
The location is where he spoke to the people of the town from outside the Victoria Buildings, (now a branch of Marks and Spencer).Â
The quotation comes from a school morning prayer much quoted on the net but we could find no source.
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