West Ham was merged with parts of Barking and Woolwich to form the London Borough of Newham in 1965.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Newham Council
Creations i
Charlie Paynter
Charlie Paynter, 1879 - 1970, lived here. West Ham United FC manager 1932 - 1...
Daisy Parsons
Daisy Parsons, MBE, 1890 - 1957, first female Mayor of West Ham. London Borou...
Dame Vera Lynn - E7
This sign was installed to celebrate Lynn's 100th birthday, but we don't know...
Dame Vera Lynn - Ladysmith Avenue
Lynn lived in this street from the age of 4 -21. The street name panel was in...
Grove Gardens - restored
"These gardens" no longer surround this monument as apparently they once did....
Other Subjects
Miss M. M. Masson
Lady District Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District, 1914-1939. Serving Sister in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority
The body that governs the London Fire Brigade, responsible to the Mayor of London.
Herman Olsen Hamborg
A Commissioner for the 1892Â Westminster Public Baths and Wash-houses and for the 1892 Westminster Public Library. One time co- churchwarden of St John the Evangelist, Westminster. 2020: Via Facebo...
Claudia Jones
Born Trinidad. Moved to New York where she became a Communist. Caught up in the McCarthy trials she was imprisoned and then extradited to Britain in December 1955. Became a community organiser afte...
Person, Community / Clubs, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Caribbean Islands, USA
Women's suffrage
Throughout history women have generally not been allowed to vote, with, by the 19th century, a few exceptions based on the woman's marital status or her property ownership, and then only in some el...

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