London Remembers
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Aiming to capture all memorials in London.
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.
Today England's Rugby League team is playing Australia at Wembley, which has been the venue for the Rugby League Challenge Cup final since 1929. A statue there honours some all-time heroes of the game.
A: Rugby League Legends Wembley
{Plaque 1:} Rugby League Legends Wembley Stadium hosted the Rugby League Challenge Cup final for the first time in 1929 when Wigan defeated Dewsbury 13 - 2. Wembley was immediately established as a th...
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October 25, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Today England's Rugby League team is playing Australia at Wembley, which has been the venue for the Rugby League Challenge Cup final since 1929. A statue there honours some all-time heroes of the game.
Britain was victorious in the naval Battle of Trafalgar 220 years ago today. On that day, on HMS Victory, Beatty was the surgeon unable to save Nelson's life.
Sir William Beatty
Sacred to the memory of Sir William Beatty, MD, LCP, FRS, surgeon, Royal Navy, 1773 - 1842, Surgeon to Admiral Lord Nelson on board HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, and whose mortal remains are...
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October 21, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Britain was victorious in the naval Battle of Trafalgar 220 years ago today. On that day, on HMS Victory, Beatty was the surgeon unable to save Nelson's life.
Our annual war commemoration: we will publish a war memorial every day from now until 11 November. Today: A memorial for the German dead of WW1 in Southgate. Not soldiers, but German civilians, interned as enemy aliens.
German war memorial - WW1
Each name is given with the date of death and a code (e.g. AN144 or F1525) which, initially we assumed would refer to a register of internees. Becker and Wanner have been added at the ends of the fir...
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October 19, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Our annual war commemoration: we will publish a war memorial every day from now until 11 November. Today: A memorial for the German dead of WW1 in Southgate. Not soldiers, but German civilians, interned as enemy aliens.
25 years today since the Hatfield Rail Crash in which 4 people died and 70 were injured.
Hatfield rail crash
The photo with the candles was published in the Welwyn and Hatfield Times, reporting on the 2019 memorial service.
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October 17, 2025 at 9:51 AM
25 years today since the Hatfield Rail Crash in which 4 people died and 70 were injured.
The splendid Throgmorton Restaurant opened today in 1900. That has closed but the ornate building frontage is worth a look.
Throgmorton Restaurant
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October 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The splendid Throgmorton Restaurant opened today in 1900. That has closed but the ornate building frontage is worth a look.
Celebrating Ada Lovelace Day: Here's the plaque near the house in which she was married.
Ada Lovelace - W5
The plaque was unveiled in Ealing Town Hall on 9 May 2019, prior to being erected on the building.
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October 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Celebrating Ada Lovelace Day: Here's the plaque near the house in which she was married.
This tree commemorates a family, murdered in a shockingly sad story of domestic violence, 30 years ago today.
Trant family - tree
In memory of the Trant family: John, Vivian, Sophie and Amina, with love.
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October 12, 2025 at 6:44 AM
This tree commemorates a family, murdered in a shockingly sad story of domestic violence, 30 years ago today.
German Unity Day: We celebrate the German Robert Bosch, who had a large business in London but it was all confiscated in WW1.
Robert Bosch
Robert Bosch (1861 - 1942) German entrepreneur and founder of Robert Bosch GmbH, whose London subsidiary, 'The Bosch Magneto Company' built this building in 1913.
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October 3, 2025 at 8:55 AM
German Unity Day: We celebrate the German Robert Bosch, who had a large business in London but it was all confiscated in WW1.
This plaque, erected in 1949 on the wrong house, was removed 3 years later when the error came to light, and is now nowhere to be found.
Francis Baily - WC1
We can find no image of the plaque, neither a close-up nor one showing it in situ. This black and white photo was taken by the London County Council in 1949 in order to determine a suitable location ...
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September 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
This plaque, erected in 1949 on the wrong house, was removed 3 years later when the error came to light, and is now nowhere to be found.
Architect and designer, Basil Ionides, died 75 years ago today.
Ealing Common Station
Underground Heritage information Ealing Common Station Listed as a building of national significance Architect: Charles Holden & Partners 1930 For the extension of underground lines that took pla...
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September 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Architect and designer, Basil Ionides, died 75 years ago today.
When the Adelphi Terrace was demolished in the 1930s one of its blue plaques was rescued and survives, but this one was lost forever.
Robert and James Adam - WC2
This plaque was lost when No.4 and all but one of the other houses in the Terrace were torn down in 1935. We thank Steve Roffey for his work on the history of this plaque. See also Wikipedia’s page o...
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September 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM
When the Adelphi Terrace was demolished in the 1930s one of its blue plaques was rescued and survives, but this one was lost forever.
This 1950s stone relief, now dwarfed by the mural, represents an ethnically black, black friar on a donkey.
Black friar on a donkey
Concentrating on the stone relief: in the horizontal central section the wavy lines behind the donkey represent water. In the background, seen below the friar's arms, are architectural elements: a dom...
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September 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
This 1950s stone relief, now dwarfed by the mural, represents an ethnically black, black friar on a donkey.
The late queen died today 3 years ago. She lay in state in Westminster Hall for a week, with long queues of people waiting to pay their respects.
Westminster Hall - Queen Elizabeth II
Around 250,000 people are believed to have filed past the coffin. The tradition of deceased monarchs and their consorts lying in state in this hall and the event being commemorated with a plaque date...
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September 8, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The late queen died today 3 years ago. She lay in state in Westminster Hall for a week, with long queues of people waiting to pay their respects.
An engineer, the first Indian elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Naoroji was born today 200 years ago.
Dadabhai Naoroji - SE20
The unveiling date was chosen to, almost, coincide with the 75th anniversary celebrations of Indian Independence on 15 August.
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September 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
An engineer, the first Indian elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Naoroji was born today 200 years ago.
Totally Thames, the annual celebration of all things Thames, begins today.
Lombard Wharf
This plaque was donated by Barratt London to mark the reopening of the Thames Path adjacent to its Lombard Wharf development. This stretch of the Thames Path was officially reopened by the Leader of W...
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September 1, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Totally Thames, the annual celebration of all things Thames, begins today.
50 years ago today police explosives officer Roger Goad died attempting to defuse a terrorist bomb in Notting Hill.
Roger Philip Goad
Here fell Captain Roger Philip Goad, GC, BEM, explosives officer, 29th August 1975. {Below is the badge of the Metropolitan Police.} Metropolitan Police Police Memorial Trust
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August 29, 2025 at 9:53 AM
50 years ago today police explosives officer Roger Goad died attempting to defuse a terrorist bomb in Notting Hill.
Today the 2025 Notting Hill Carnival closes. It's been running since 1959 and many, many people have been responsible for it happening each year.
Notting Hill Carnival pioneers
Claimed to be the world's largest blue plaque - and we ain't arguing. Three of these names on the plaque are highlighted in yellow: Russell Henderson, Sterling Betancourt and Ralph Cherrie. We don't ...
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August 25, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Today the 2025 Notting Hill Carnival closes. It's been running since 1959 and many, many people have been responsible for it happening each year.
We mark UNESCO Slavery Remembrance Day by honouring the Huntleys: race equality campaigners, publishers and bookshop owners.
Jessica and Eric Huntley
Home of Eric Huntley and Jessica Huntley, community activists and educators who founded pioneering company, Bogle l'Ouverture Publications, in 1968. Nubian Jak Community Trust Huntley Memorial Plaque ...
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August 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
We mark UNESCO Slavery Remembrance Day by honouring the Huntleys: race equality campaigners, publishers and bookshop owners.
William Wallace's funeral was held 700 years after his death, today 720 years ago.
William Wallace funeral, 2005
The walk from Scotland is documented at Crann Tara.
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August 23, 2025 at 9:59 AM
William Wallace's funeral was held 700 years after his death, today 720 years ago.