This building was the Head Office of W.H. Smith & Son from 1920 to 1976. The above sign was damaged by shrapnel from a German bomb during an air raid on the night of 10th October 1940.
WC2, Portugal Street
There are 3 plaques, all on the north face of this building, to the right of the entrance shown in the photograph.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Smiths - Head Office
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
Henry Walton Smith and his wife Anna opened a small newsvendors in 1792 in Li...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Smiths - Head Office
This plaque was placed on the Hospital's centenary. WH Smiths had given the H...
OK, this is not actually a memorial but it's too good to exclude on the basis...
Walter de la Mare OM, CH, 1873 - 1956, poet and novelist, lived here 1912 - 1956. The London Borough of Bromley
The building is also known as the Imperial Hall. Up the top, in an Art Nouveau swirl the building is dated 1903. The plaques are, left t...
From the Imperial College website: The Royal College of Science building was completed in 1906 ….. The building was designed by architect...
London County Council Edgar Wallace, 1875-1932, writer, lived here.
These two inscriptions are either side of the entrance steps. The patient entrance is now around the corner and this grand entrance seems...
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