London borough. Formed from the former Metropolitan Borough of Battersea and much of the former area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth.
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:
Wandsworth Council
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Battersea Park
The plaque definitively names Victoria Docks {sic} as the source of the soil ...
Wandsworth time capsule
In 1899 the Battersea Vestry became the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Wandsworth Council
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Albert Reginald Twyford
The plaque gives his first names as Reginald Albert in that order. However, h...
Alliott Verdon Roe - SW18
A. V. Roe, 1877 - 1958, aircraft pioneer and designer of AVRO aeroplanes, exp...
Battersea Park
The plaque definitively names Victoria Docks {sic} as the source of the soil ...
Battersea Park bandstand
Battersea Park was re-opened to the public by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh KG KT...
Biograph Theatre
Biograph Theatre opened 1908 as London's first licensed cinema. Originally th...
Other Subjects
Councillor Audrey Lewis
Had a career in advertising before being elected to Westminster City Council, where she was a ward councillor for Bryanston and Dorset Square for 13 years. She served as Lord Mayor of Westminster i...
2 memorials
John Cain
41st Premier of the Australian State of Victoria 1982 - 90. Â Not to be confused with his father of the same name who was the 34th Premier in the 1950s. Our picture source gives details of his life...
1 memorial
Edgar A Bowring
There is much of interest in this man's life. Born the son of a career diplomat who served for a time as Governor of Hong Kong, his mother was poisoned with arsenic whilst in Hong Kong and died in ...
1 memorial
Count Herman Wrangel
Swedish Ambassador in London, 1906-20.
2 memorials
Hu Ding Yi
Ambassador of The People's Republic of China.
1 memorial
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