Tyburn tree
The first recorded execution here was the hanging of the champion of London's poor, William Fitz Osbern in 1196. Back then there may have been a real tree but in 1571 the 'Tyburn Tree' was erected....
5 memorials
PC William Frederick Tyler
William Frederick Tyler was the third child of Alfred Tyler (1853-1900) and his first wife, Susan Tyler née Fenn (1852-1883). His birth was registered in the 3rd quarter of 1877 in the Hendon, Midd...
1 memorial
Robert Underhill
For more information about this hero click on the picture of the distillery plaque.
1 memorial
1 memorial
Upper North Street school WW1 bomb
This bomb was one of those dropped during the first daylight bombing attack on London by a fixed-wing aircraft. Prior to this the bombs had been dropped from Zeppelins. Just before noon the bomb br...
5 memorials
V1 and V2 rockets
The V1 and V2 rockets were developed as a reaction to the heavy allied bombing of German cities towards the end of WW2. (V stands for Vergeltungswaffe - retribution weapon'). In total, over 3,000 V...
28 memorials
Nunhead Lane V1 rocket
WWII attack on a factory which killed 24 people. The memorial gives details of the event. Our picture is a contemporary drawing of the aftermath of the disaster.
1 memorial
First V2 attack - Chiswick
The first V2, which landed on the quiet suburb of Chiswick, killed three people and injured 22.Â
1 memorial
Marjorie Doris Vaidya
In 1928 Marjorie Franckeiss, half-English and half-Italian and known as Madge, was a 20-year-old clerk who became a hero by rescuing 3 people from a flooded building. On the night of 6 January Mad...
1 memorial
Ada Rosa van Dantzig
Dantzig was a Dutch Jew who came to London to study. She returned to the Netherlands intending to help her family flee the Nazis. Instead she was captured and killed in Auschwitz, Poland, with most...
War dead non-military, WW2
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