Erection date: 2/7/1949
{On a plaque below a picture of a gipsy caravan:}
Gipsy Rodney Smith, who preached the gospel of christ to thousands on five continents for seventy years, was born here on 31st March 1860 and called home journeying to America on 4 August 1947, what hath god wraught.
IG8, Woodford New Road, Mill Plain, Epping Forest
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Rodney Smith
Evangelist. Born in a gipsy tent in Epping Forest, Wanstead. He began to hawk...
Note that the bomb is not actually mentioned on the memorial.
The plaque refers to the unveiling day being 'Election Day'. There was no General Election in 1956. The Lord Mayor's election to office d...
The building to the east, Marconi House, has close connections to this site and we have recorded some of their joint history there.
This plaque marks the site of 127 Holden Road which was formerly on this site. We can't find a photo but think it was built in about 188...
Sir Donald Sinden, actor, lived here, 1954 - 1997. HGS Residents Association 2015
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