Erection date: 31/1/2011
Sam King M.B.E., born 1926, Mayor of Southwark, 1983-84, wartime R.A.F. serviceman, passenger on the Empire Windrush, West Indian community leader and Christian advocate, lived here, 1958-1984.
London Borough of Southwark - Voted by the people.
SE24, Warmington Road, 2
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sam King
Born in Jamaica, he served in the R.A.F. during the second world war. Along w...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sam King
The London Borough of Southwark was created as an amalgamation of the Metropo...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Sam King
There is a house, still extant, called Round Hill Cottage but Harrild lived at the big house, Round Hill House, no longer standing.
The plaque is on the wall of the house, framed in our picture by the gate piers.
We thank Steve Roffey for alerting us to this item at Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association 1. We thank FNA for the photos and for their ca...
The park was built on former railway sidings and opened on 27 April 1983, to coincide with the 38th anniversary of the dropping of the at...
The two plaques appear to be back to back; the outside one being the foundation stone and the inside one the opening stone. To the left,...
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