Poplar & Stepney Rifles
Site of the Drill Hall (1860 - 1907) of 26th Middlesex Volunteers. Later part of 17th Battalion London Regiment (Poplar & Stepney Rifles) of whom 1,022 soldiers were killed in the Great War 1914 - 1918.
The History of Wapping Trust
Turk's Head Charity
E1, Glamis Road
has a good post on this area.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Poplar & Stepney Rifles
We can find no image of the Drill Hall but have found a "Drill Shed" on a 188...
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
London unit which served in WW1 where it lost 1,022 soldiers. Â More informati...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Poplar & Stepney Rifles
Started in the early 1970s as Wapping Parents Action Group. Transformed into ...
From the Picture source website: "The Turk’s Head was bought from the Council...
Mervyn Mansell, MBE. DSC. 1918-2009, player and Colts coaching manager, a lifelong contribution
The Lascelles plaque is to the right of the central door, Lambourne to the left. Built 1928, architect: John Murray Easton.
The plaque is inside the archway of the building. The photograph we took was very difficult to read, as a lot of the letters have fallen ...
LCC Leigh Hunt, 1784 - 1859, essayist & poet, lived here.
Michael John Stears 1934 - 1999. Born in Uxbridge 25th August 1934. Resided here until 1960. John Stears known as the 'Dean of Special Ef...
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