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Event    From 24/5/1903  To 1958

Empire Day

Categories: Community / Clubs

Empire Day

Created by Reginald Brabazon, cleverly designed to coincide with Queen Victoria's birthday. In 1958 it was renamed Commonwealth Day and in 1977 the date moved to the second Monday in March.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Empire Day

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Lady Workers' Homes 4 - Mrs Davis

Empire Day was instituted in 1902 on the birthday (24 May) of Queen Victoria ...

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Reginald Brabazon, 12th Earl Meath

The memorial was designed by Hermon Cawthra RA and unveiled in 1934. It is gr...

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Richardson Evans

Richardson Evans

Civil servant, journalist and author. He served in the Indian Civil Service, for North-Western Provinces from 1867 to 1876, after which he worked in London as a journalist. From the 1880s onwards, ...

Person, Community / Clubs, Journalism / Publishing, Belgium, India

1 memorial
Anglo-Chilean Society

Anglo-Chilean Society

Fromed at the Chilean Embassy at 3 Hamilton Place.In 2008 The British Chilean Chamber of Commerce based in London merged with The Anglo Chilean Society.

Group, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Chile

1 memorial
The Boltons Association

The Boltons Association

Founded to protect and improve the environment and to stimulate public interest in the neighbourhood.

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Members of Kew Guild and staff of Royal Botanic Gdns Kew lost in WW1, WW2

Members of Kew Guild and staff of Royal Botanic Gdns Kew lost in WW1, WW2

From the Kew Guild: "The Kew Guild was founded in 1893, as an offshoot of the Kew Mutual Improvement Society (itself created in 1871), with an intention of uniting past and present Kewites by mea...

Group, Community / Clubs, Gardens / Agriculture

1 memorial
United Wards Club of the City of London

United Wards Club of the City of London

Both the picture source website and the City of London explain what this is. It was founded at The Bell, Carter Lane by Joseph Newbon.

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial