Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Croydon victims of WW2
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Croydon Minster war memorial - plaque
"God created man to be immortal" is from the Wisdom of Solomon 2:23.
Other Subjects
Crystal Palace fatal accident
After the Great Exhibition of 1851 closed, the Crystal Palace was dismantled and reconstructed in Sydenham. During a time of high unemployment the project provided jobs for over 7,000 workmen. The ...
1 memorial
HMS Albion disaster
The Albion was a battleship built by the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company (TIASC) at Blackwall. The launching attracted huge crowds and, in spite of warnings that it was dangerous, some 20...
1 memorial
Matchgirls' strike
A strike of the women and teenage girls working at the Bryant and May Factory. Annie Besant had published an article about the poor working conditions at the factory, 'White Slavery in London'. Thi...
5 memorials
Match tax abandoned
I871 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Robert Lowe, proposed a tax on matches.  The Bryant and May workers, mainly girls, realised this threatened their jobs and marched in protest on the House of C...
2 memorials
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
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