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men of East Ham and West Ham awarded Victoria Cross during WW1

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Hackney Wick youth who served in WW2

The youth of the Hackney Wick district who served under the leadership of Winston Churchill.

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Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

Yeomanry regiment which saw service in the Second Boer War with 40 and 59 Companies of the Imperial Yeomanry and also served in Belgium and France during WW1. In 1922, the regiment became part of t...

Group, Armed Forces

Sadler's Wells Theatres

From Sadler's Wells: Sadler’s Wells began with "the discovery of a mineral spring in 1683. Richard Sadler built a music house around the spring to rival the already fashionable Tunbridge and Epsom ...

Group, Dance, Theatre

Air Training Corps - 296th (Stoke Newington) Squadron

Based at 82 Albion Road, just to the north of the plaque. In 2018 the corps was threatened with closure but  Google Street view dated April 2019 shows the building still being used by the corps.

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Pinoli's Restaurant

Londonist tells us this restaurant was the venue chosen for the 1920 "the end-of-year dinner of the influential Hampstead branch of the Communist Party of Great Britain", watched closely by British...

Group, Food & Drink

Mayflower Tenants Association

Tenants and residents association in Rotherhithe, based in Mayflower Hall, 1 Neptune Street, SE16, on the site of Rotherhithe Old Town Hall.

Group, Community / Clubs

Surrey County Cricket Club

One of eighteen first-class county cricket clubs in England and Wales. It represents the county of Surrey and also south London. Since its foundation, its home has been The Oval, (currently, 2017, ...

Group, Sport / Games

J. D. Wetherspoon

Chain of bars, public houses and hotels founded by Tim Martin. 

Group, Commerce, Food & Drink

South Eastern Railway Company

The SER was formed to construct a route from London to Dover. Branch lines were later opened to Tunbridge Wells, Hastings, Canterbury and other places in Kent. It absorbed or leased other railways,...

Group, Transport