London Remembers
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Aiming to capture all memorials in London.
This year we commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day with this tree in Hackney.
Holocaust tree - E8
The quote 'Commandment number one ...' is from David Grayson, the pen name of Ray Stannard Baker.
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January 27, 2026 at 10:47 AM
This year we commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day with this tree in Hackney.
On Australia Day we remember a young Australian, killed by London traffic.
Daniel Price Pontifex
Photographed in 2020 this plaque, to an event over 20 years ago, is clearly being looked after.
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January 26, 2026 at 11:02 AM
On Australia Day we remember a young Australian, killed by London traffic.
100 years ago today John Logie Baird demonstrated the world's first mechanical television system.
John Logie Baird - Frith Street - LCC
In 1926 in this house John Logie Baird, 1888 - 1946, first demonstrated television. London County Council
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January 26, 2026 at 10:56 AM
100 years ago today John Logie Baird demonstrated the world's first mechanical television system.
Concorde entered service today 50 years ago. The British team in this Anglo-French project was led by Sir George Edwards.
Sir George Edwards
Sir George Edwards, 1908 - 2003, the internationally famous aircraft designer, who was responsible for both the Concorde and the Vickers Viscount, was born here, above his father's toyshop. As a boy h...
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January 21, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Concorde entered service today 50 years ago. The British team in this Anglo-French project was led by Sir George Edwards.
King George V died 90 years ago today. Queen Elizabeth's grandfather, he reigned for 16 years; we've found 40 memorials for him.
King George V Jubilee at Westminster School
Below the lion's head roundel are 5 nozzles. We were there on an extremely hot August day and would have welcomed the sound of water. Perhaps the fountain plays when the students are in occupation.
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January 20, 2026 at 10:53 AM
King George V died 90 years ago today. Queen Elizabeth's grandfather, he reigned for 16 years; we've found 40 memorials for him.
Politician Aretas Akers-Douglas died 100 years ago today but really we just wanted to show you this plaque….
Metropolitan Streets Act
The sign is badly worn at the bottom. There may originally have been many similar signs around the city but this is the only surviving one we've found. It must have been erected after January 1901, as...
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January 15, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Politician Aretas Akers-Douglas died 100 years ago today but really we just wanted to show you this plaque….
St Saviour's Church House Ealing is an atmospheric place to visit, even without access to the interior.
St Saviour's Church House foundation stone
To the glory of God this corner stone of St Saviour's Church House was laid by the Lord Bishop of Kensington on June 12 1909. Revd. W. Templeton King - Vicar R. H. Saunders, E. Pinhey - acting churchw...
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January 13, 2026 at 10:53 AM
St Saviour's Church House Ealing is an atmospheric place to visit, even without access to the interior.
Graham Chapman would have been 85 today. As a young man he appears to have taken career advice from the Queen Mother.
Graham Chapman - EC1
Chapman's difficult career choice presented itself in 1963-4 so that must be when the royal career advice was proffered.
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January 8, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Graham Chapman would have been 85 today. As a young man he appears to have taken career advice from the Queen Mother.
98 years ago today a large section of London was flooded and in Fulham one woman bravely rescued 3 people from drowning.
Madge Vaidya and the 1928 flood
Madge Vaidya, 1907-1996, in recognition of her exceptional bravery and life-saving actions during the devastating flood of London in 1928. Nubian Jak Community Trust London Borough of Hammersmith &...
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January 7, 2026 at 10:55 AM
98 years ago today a large section of London was flooded and in Fulham one woman bravely rescued 3 people from drowning.
'Syd' Barrett of Pink Floyd would have been 80 today.
Roger Keith 'Syd' Barrett
Roger Keith 'Syd' Barrett (1946 - 2006) musician and co-founder of Pink Floyd, lived here 1966 - 1967. Seven Dials Trust
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January 6, 2026 at 11:01 AM
'Syd' Barrett of Pink Floyd would have been 80 today.
We wish the world a truthful, honourable and peaceful 2026.
January 1, 2026 at 11:37 AM
We wish the world a truthful, honourable and peaceful 2026.
Ho Ho Ho and a Merry Christmas, everyone!
December 25, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Ho Ho Ho and a Merry Christmas, everyone!
1942 the Mendelssohns stayed in Dane House, one of 8 houses lost when Ruskin Park was created.
Mendelssohn sundial
The terracotta base is decorated with Tudor roses. The original sundial was 'scored with a part-notation of the music'. Over time the condition of the monument deteriorated. The bronze sundial was l...
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December 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
1942 the Mendelssohns stayed in Dane House, one of 8 houses lost when Ruskin Park was created.
Wright's dairy in Chelsea used to advertise each outlet with a sculpted cow's heads.
Wright’s Dairy - King's Road, 352
London Remembers is a website aiming to capture all memorials in London
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December 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Wright's dairy in Chelsea used to advertise each outlet with a sculpted cow's heads.
Call us judgemental, but this is ugly, isn't it? But someone liked it enough to allow it to be built; someone even *paid* for it to be built!
December 15, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Call us judgemental, but this is ugly, isn't it? But someone liked it enough to allow it to be built; someone even *paid* for it to be built!
Ada Lovelace was born 210 years ago today. Daughter of Lord Byron, she is now acknowledged as a rare, early computer pioneer (note the punched cards behind her).
Ada Lovelace statue
The statue is based on the painting in the Government Art Collection. The punch cards that we handled many moons ago were not connected to each other. They were kept together with elastic bands and y...
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December 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Ada Lovelace was born 210 years ago today. Daughter of Lord Byron, she is now acknowledged as a rare, early computer pioneer (note the punched cards behind her).
Born 160 years ago today, just 2 days after what was to become Finland's National Day, Sebelius is considered Finland's greatest composer.
Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius, 1865 - 1957, composer, lived here in 1909. English Heritage
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December 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Born 160 years ago today, just 2 days after what was to become Finland's National Day, Sebelius is considered Finland's greatest composer.
Independence Day in Finland so a good day to publish Borenius who was an art historian and a British spy.
Tancred Borenius
The plaque was unveiled by the Finnish Ambassador, H. E. Ms Päivi Luostarinenon.
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December 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Independence Day in Finland so a good day to publish Borenius who was an art historian and a British spy.
St Andrew's day. Who knew that the plant Forsythia was named for a direct, Scottish, ancestor of Brucie?
William Forsyth
William Forsyth, 1737 - 1804, Superintendent of these gardens, gave his name to the beautiful genus Forsythia, specimens of which adorn this site.
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November 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
St Andrew's day. Who knew that the plant Forsythia was named for a direct, Scottish, ancestor of Brucie?
The racing driver Graham Hill died 50 years ago today when the plane he was piloting crashed.
Graham Hill
Graham Hill, 1929 - 1975, world champion racing driver, lived here, 1960 - 1972. English Heritage
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November 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The racing driver Graham Hill died 50 years ago today when the plane he was piloting crashed.
The German Herbert Schmalz (HS), one of the Holland Park painters, died 90 years ago today. Post-WW1 he renamed himself Carmichael.
Herbert Schmalz (Carmichael)
Close examination shows that the child is holding a painter's palette which bears the 'H. S.' and a painter's mahl stick (used to support the hand holding the brush). We are indebted to our language ...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The German Herbert Schmalz (HS), one of the Holland Park painters, died 90 years ago today. Post-WW1 he renamed himself Carmichael.
Henry Purcell died 330 years ago today. His style was considered uniquely English and his life story is very London based.
Henry Purcell - Queen Elizabeth Hall
The music notation is the opening of Dido's lament, 'When I am laid in earth', from 'Dido and Aeneas'.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Henry Purcell died 330 years ago today. His style was considered uniquely English and his life story is very London based.
Charles 1 was born today 425 years ago. This plaque commemorates an arch that he should not have walked through, but did.
Westminster Hall - Archway
The 'First Commissioner of H.M. Works and Public Buildings, 1895' could be one of two people: Herbert Gladstone held the post March 1894 - June 1895; Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston held t...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Charles 1 was born today 425 years ago. This plaque commemorates an arch that he should not have walked through, but did.
September 1940 Sergeant Ray Holmes saved Buckingham Palace from German bombs by ramming his plane into a German bomber.
Sergeant Ray Holmes
This plaque arrived some time June/Aug 2022. On site it's not possible to get close enough to read it with the naked eye.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
September 1940 Sergeant Ray Holmes saved Buckingham Palace from German bombs by ramming his plane into a German bomber.
Born 150 years ago today, this important Indian politician has the world's tallest statue (think the Gherkin), not, thank heavens, in London.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Patel lived in the house 1912-14 while studying at the Middle Temple.
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October 31, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Born 150 years ago today, this important Indian politician has the world's tallest statue (think the Gherkin), not, thank heavens, in London.