At 9 Brooke Rd., lived Air Raid Warden
BARNETT LEWIS
(GM) George Medal
Jewish War Hero
September 23, 1940, at extreme personal risk,
he saved many civilians during the Blitz.
Be strong and of good courage. (Joshua . . . — — Map (db m201654) HM WM
British Secret Agent for the Special Operations Executive (SOE), born and brought up in Hackney. Deployed to Corsica and France on two missions, he was betrayed then murdered by the Nazis at the Gross Rosen death camp in 1944.
He has no known . . . — — Map (db m231217) HM WM
Remember in Your Prayers and in Your Lives, the Men, Women and Children of This Congregation and Parish Who Died in the Wars.
1914 — 1918
On Active Service
George Amor · Arthur Arundel · George Appleby · Albert Beer · William . . . — — Map (db m118722) WM
The Hackney Mortuary played an important role in a British military operation during the Second World War (1939-1945), which helped save the lives of thousands of soldiers.
In April 1943 Lieutenant Commander Ewen Montagu CBE KC RNVR, a British . . . — — Map (db m185958) HM
Jewish Prosecutor - Belsen War Crimes Trials
Famous actor and soldier (1905-78)
was born in this house
…שמחה לצדיק עשות משפט
When . . . — — Map (db m229475) HM
This Ridley Road plaque marks a key site where the mainly Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women anti-Fascist organization The 43 Group Confronted the British neo-fascist movement in 1946-50 and early 1960s to rid Britain of anti-Semitism and all . . . — — Map (db m237802) HM
In Grateful And Honoured Memory Of The Men Of This Borough Who Fell In The Great War 1914-1918
In The Sight Of The Unwise They Seem To Die, Yet Is Their Hope Full Of Immortality
Also Of Those Who Gave Their Lives In The Second World War . . . — — Map (db m243551) WM
Borough of Finsbury
In the Name of God the Most High
and to Enshrine in Perpetual
Love and Reverence the Glorious
Memory of the Men of This
Borough Who in Death Made the
Supreme Sacrifice for Their King,
Their Country, and Their . . . — — Map (db m118347) WM
The damage to these walls is the result of enemy bombing during the Blitz of the Second World War 1939 – 1945 and is left as a memorial to the enduring values of this great museum in a time of conflict.
In 2017 parts of the wall were . . . — — Map (db m120421) HM
This memorial was placed here by members of all parties in both houses of Parliament and by many other sympathisers in memory of the countless innocent men women and children from the Soviet Union and other East European states who were imprisoned . . . — — Map (db m120424) HM
Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Croix de Guerre, Legion of Honour
[Star of David]
A Jewish pre-war British spy, Vera joined Special Operations Executive (SOE), as an Intelligence Squadron Officer, F Section, . . . — — Map (db m203193) HM
In commemoration of the
50th anniversary of D-Day
6th June 1944
In memory of the railway employees
who gave their lives on the
6th June 1944
Railtrack
South West — — Map (db m118205) WM
was secretly formed for the purpose of recruiting agents, men and women of many nationalities who would volunteer to continue the fight for freedom, by performing acts of sabotage in countries occupied by the enemy during the Second World War. . . . — — Map (db m240782) HM WM
To The Glory Of God
And In Honoured Memory
Of The Members Of
The Kew Guild and Staff
Of The Royal Botanic Gdns Kew
Who Gave Their Lives
In The Great War 1914 - 1919
L/Cpl Charles Henry Anderson London Scottish · Pte Arthur Edwin . . . — — Map (db m118749) WM
In 1914, the 15-inch gun was the newest, largest and most powerful of the big guns used in Royal Navy battleships. The gun was developed in 1912 for the new Queen Elizabeth class battleships and became the main armament in 22 ships. Each example . . . — — Map (db m118019) HM WM
This Memorial Commemorates
The 27 Million Soviet Citizens &
Service Men & Women Who Died
For the Allied Victory in World War II
We Shall Remember Them — — Map (db m118020) WM
London Borough of Southwark
Surrey docks fire
On September 7th 1940
the docks were set on
fire in the first raid
of the Blitz
Voted by the People — — Map (db m128354) HM
Site of the Worst Civilian Disaster
of the Second World War
in Memory of
173 Men, Women and Children
Who Lost Their Lives on the
Evening of Wednesday 3rd March 1943
Descending These Steps to Bethnal Green
Underground Air Raid Shelter . . . — — Map (db m121670) HM WM
Jewish war hero and Radar expert of 1942 WW2 Dieppe Raid
Fl. Sgt. Jack Nissenthall, RAF
attended the Cambridge and Bethnal Green Jewish Youth Club located at 4, Chance Street, E2
Be strong and of good courage (Joshua 1:9) . . . — — Map (db m220762) HM
Bethnal Green Tube Shelter Disaster
On 3 March the air raid warning sounded at 8.17 pm. People made their way in the pitch dark of the blackout to file in an orderly manner down the steps of the single entrance to the unfinished Bethnal Green . . . — — Map (db m121668) HM WM
(Hebrew name and date of death not transcribed, but translates to:)
Reb' Chaim Tuvia the son of Yehudah Leib, died 18th of Iyar, 5737
Remembering
Kurt Theodor Goldschlager
Served in No. 3 Jewish Troop 10 Commando WW2
as . . . — — Map (db m201592) HM
The Wheatsheaf Hotel was the original officers’ mess when Major John Howard, DSO joined the 1st Airlanding Brigade
He led the capture of “Pegasus” bridge 6th June 1944 the spearhead of the “D” Day landings — — Map (db m230057) HM
Remembrance is the word carved on the entrance to this Garden
These Gardens were laid out in 1956 in Remembrance of those who died in WW2 when bombs fell here. On 16th August 1940, a small of twin-engined German bomben flew from the south, . . . — — Map (db m229471) HM WM
To the Memory of
The Young Men of the XIIth Submarine Flotilla
Who Lost Their Lives
In The Second World War
1939-1945
That You and I Might Live
In Freedom and Peace
Their Names Are Inscribed on a Scroll in the Museum
We Shall See, . . . — — Map (db m123325) WM
Our Dead Through Whom We Live
MCMXIV + MCMXIX
John E. Burnett.
Charles M. Brock.
George H. Bushnell.
Arthur R. Barker.
Albert Chapman.
Barcham T. Colls.
Frederick Chant.
William Grist.
Sydney Hale.
Reginald H. Jacob. . . . — — Map (db m230024) WM
3.7 inch Static Mount Anti Aircraft Gun
The Malta Gun
Between 1940 and 1943 the island of Malta, "Britain's unsinkable aircraft carrier" suffered almost continuous siege in the most sustained bombing campaign of World War Two. Germany . . . — — Map (db m125760) HM
( inscribed around the top of the column )
Dedicated to the Honoured Memory of the Men of who fell in the Great War
In Grateful
Commemoration
Of the Officers
Non-Commissioned Officers
And Men of Canterbury
Who Gave Their . . . — — Map (db m129513) WM
A View of the Harbour
Below you is Admiralty Harbour, the naval and merchant port that made Dover so important in the First and Second World Wars. There has been a harbour here since Roman times: this one was built in stages between 1847 and 1909 . . . — — Map (db m128521) HM
A View to the East
This view along the coast reveals the towering height of the famous White Cliffs, elements of Dover's past defences and its ever-changing port.
On the distant hill, a tall mast occupies the site of Langdon Battery, where . . . — — Map (db m128520) HM
A View to the West
This view looks down into the ancient heart of Dover.
The Romans built two forts and a settlement, known as Portus Dubris. These were succeeded by a thriving Saxon and a later medieval walled town, all nestled in the . . . — — Map (db m128522) HM
Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay
KCB KBE (1883-1945)
This statue commemorates Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, the inspirational commander of the naval forces during the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940 and D-Day in 1944. He served in the tunnels below Dover . . . — — Map (db m128560) HM
In Memory Of
Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay
KCB KBE MVO 1883 — 1945
Vice Admiral Dover 1939 – 42
C-inC Allied Naval Expeditionary Force
June 1944 and of those who died in the
Dunkirk and Normandy operations
( back )
I . . . — — Map (db m128561) HM
Command, Control and Communication
This building began in 1874 as a gun battery to defend Dover from attack by enemy ships. Beginning in 1891, the battery was decommissioned and the structure adapted so that, by the First World War, it fulfilled . . . — — Map (db m128518) HM
In
Memory Of
The Rescue Of Allied Forces
From Dunkirk, May - June 1940
To The Rescuers
Whose Courage Made It Possible
And To The Rescued
Who Lived To Fight Again
May 2015 — — Map (db m128559) WM
Side A
During 1941, the German Battle Cruiser SCHARNHORST operated unchallenged in the Atlantic resulting in the sinking of 115,622 tons of British Merchant Shipping. Requiring maintenance it went to Brest harbour where it was joined by its . . . — — Map (db m132492) HM
Ramsay: retreat and return
Operation Dynamo 1940
The German attack into western Europe in May 1940 led to the allied armies rapidly retreating. By late May, the British Expeditionary Force and parts of the French and Belgian armies were trapped . . . — — Map (db m128558) HM WM
The Signal Platform
Below you, the roof of the Port War Signal Station (PWSS) formed a signalling platform during the First World War. It was replaced in the Second World War by the roof you are standing on.
Signallers on the roof sent messages . . . — — Map (db m128519) HM
The Christopher Foxley-Norris
Memorial Wall
Is Dedicated To The Aircrew
Who Flew During
The Battle of Britain
10th July 1940 — 31st October 1940
“Never in the field of human conflict
was so much owed by so many to so . . . — — Map (db m123862) WM
In Grateful Memory
— of —
The 47 Men of Lamberhurst
Who Loving Honour Above Ease
Died for Their Country
In the Great War 1914 - 1918.
And the Second World War 1939 - 1945
W.W.1.
Bailey Alban · Bailey Carl · Bartholomew . . . — — Map (db m129607) HM
1914 1919
To the Men of Tenterden
Who Gave Their Lives
During the Great Wars
Live Thou for England
We for England Died
1914 1919
H.H. Edwards. Pte. · H. Fuggle. Pte. · C.E. Fuggle. Pte. · O.L. Fuggle. Pte. · F.J. Gilbert. Pte. · . . . — — Map (db m129509) WM
This Building was
Presented to the Borough by
Mrs Alice Wood
To Perpetuate the Memory
Of Those of the Borough
Who Laid Down Their Lives
In the War of 1939 - 1945 — — Map (db m129512) HM WM
To the Glory of God
And in Honored Memory of
The Men of this Parish
Who Fell in the Great War
1914 – 1918
2nd Lieut. W.S. Allen 2/5th Notts and Derbys · Sergt. D. Warner 1/4th Northamptons · Lc/Cpl. S. Easom 9th Leicesters · Lc/Cpl. . . . — — Map (db m125147) WM
The Coat of Arms of George III
erected 1811
Restored in 1994
In commemoration of Chatham Dockyard's role in
the support of Operation Overlord
the Allied Invasion of Europe
This Plaque was unveiled by
Councillor Mrs Ann Marsh
Mayor of . . . — — Map (db m118369) HM
HMS Cavalier, 1944
National Destroyer Memorial
National Historic Fleet
HMS Cavalier is preserved as a memorial to the 142 Royal Navy destroyers sunk during the Second World War with the loss of over 11,000 lives. Cavalier . . . — — Map (db m118418) HM WM
1939
HMS Blanche · HMS Duchess · HMS Gipsy
1940
HMS Acasta · HMS Acheron · HMS Ardent · HMS Basilisk · HMS Brazen · HMS Cameron · HMS Codrington · HMS Daring · HMS Delight · HMS Escort · HMS Esk · HMS Exmouth · HMS Glowworm · HMS Grafton · HMS . . . — — Map (db m118416) HM
This Public Memorial
For the Veterans of
Bletchley Park and Its
Outstations was Dedicated
By Her Majesty The Queen
On July the Fifteenth 2011 — — Map (db m117290) WM
On this site during the 1939-45 World War, 12,000 men and women broke the German Lorenz and Enigma ciphers, as well as Japanese and Italian codes and ciphers. They used innovative mathematical analysis and were assisted by two computing machines . . . — — Map (db m154430) HM
Hut 1
The first Bombe machine was installed in this hut. It was brought here in March 1940 to test whether it could help Codebreakers discover Enigma settings more quickly than by hand.
Hut 8
Hut 8 was the centre of naval codebreaking. Here . . . — — Map (db m117289) HM
On 26th February 1935, in the field opposite
Robert Watson Watt and Arnold Wilkins
showed for the first time in Britain that aircraft could be detected by bouncing radio waves off them. By 1939 there were 20 stations tracking aircraft at . . . — — Map (db m142702) HM
This Column of Remembrance
Is Dedicated to the Men of
Alnwick Who Gave Their Lives
In The Wars Of
1914 — 1918 & 1939 — 1945
We will remember them
( upper small plaque )
Korea War 1950 – 53
Flis. A. . . . — — Map (db m126057) WM
To the Glory of God
And in Proud and Loving Memory
Of the Men of This Parish, Who
Gave Their Lives in the Great War
1914 — 1918
William Frederick Pearson.
Gilbert Graham.
William Vickers.
George Sparke.
“Greater love . . . — — Map (db m126414) WM
To the Memory of
Those of This Parish Who Gave
Their Lives for Their Country.
William J. Atkinson · Reginald G. Agery · Jacob C. Bell · Norman E. Charlton · Thomas Cowans · William Dawson · John Dawson · Thomas Davison · Samuel T. Donkin · . . . — — Map (db m126650) WM
World War I
Robert Baxter · George W. Buglass · Thomas H. Charlton · William Darling · Joseph J. Dunn · Robert Green · Joseph R. Hall · John Hindhaugh · George Slater · John Smails · William Smails · James J. Thompson · Alexander J. Tweedy · Thomas . . . — — Map (db m126100) WM
In Memory
of
Those Who
Fought and
Those Who
Fell
1914 - 1918
( inscribed on the steps )
For Those Who Fought 1914 - 1918 And Those Who Fell
and
1939 – 1945
And All Others Who Have Given Their Lives
In the . . . — — Map (db m124354) WM
1914 - 1918 1939 – 1945
In Honour of the Navy and to the Abiding Memory of These Ranks and Ratings
Of This Port Who Laid Down Their Lives in the Defence of the Empire and Have
No Other Grave than the Sea and Their Comrades of . . . — — Map (db m123778) WM
Royal Air Force
Commonwealth & Allied Air Forces
1939 – 1945
Tribute
To All Men and Women of Great Britain
Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand
Rhodesia and South Africa.
Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark,
France, Greece, The . . . — — Map (db m123827) WM
“So He Passed
Over and All
The Trumpets
Sounded For
Him On The
Other Side.”
( north side )
Erected by
The Plymouth Division
Royal Marines
(Past, Present and Relatives)
To the Memory of
Their Comrades . . . — — Map (db m123831) WM
The Plymouth Naval Memorial
This memorial commemorates officers, ranks and ratings of this Port who died at
sea during the wars of 1914 to 1918 and 1939 to 1945. Actions in which they
fought are recorded in the registers and on the memorial . . . — — Map (db m123779) HM WM
Welcome to the CWGC Plymouth Naval Memorial
The CWGC Plymouth Naval Memorial commemorates more than 7,200 Royal Navy personnel and 75 sailors of the Royal Australian Navy who died during the First World War. Designed by Sir Robert Lorimer . . . — — Map (db m123781) HM WM
Tribute of Plymouth
To Her Glorious Dead
1914 – 1918 1939 – 1945
They Are In Peace
For God Proved Them
And Found Them
Worthy For Himself
Within This Shrine Is
Deposited the Roll of
Honour Inscribed With
The Names of . . . — — Map (db m123947) WM
A Soldier Of
World War Two
Decades of Easy Peace May Go Their Way
And Tide, and Time, May Drift Us Far Apart
But You Who Shared Our Savage Yesterday
Will Hold the Highest Places In Our Heart
This Statue Was Erected
From Donations Made . . . — — Map (db m123469) WM
British MMK1
Magnetic Moored Mine
The MMKI Mine was designed to be laid by a surface minelayer. It is different from other British moored mines because of its oval shape, rather than the usual sphere. The mine would have been moored at a . . . — — Map (db m123316) HM
Bruce Austin Fraser
Admiral of the Fleet
Baron Fraser of North Cape
G.C.B. K.B.E.
Controller of the Navy 1939 – 1942
Second – in – Command, Home Fleet 1942 – 1943
Commander – in – Chief, Home Fleet . . . — — Map (db m122980) HM
Monty
Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery
of Alamein
Portsmouth Garrison Commander 1937 - 38
Allied Land Forces Commander on D-Day
and During the Normandy Campaign
This Statue Was
Erected from Donations Made by
Veterans, Organisations, . . . — — Map (db m123470) HM WM
( south side )
1914 – 1918 1939 – 1945
In Honour of the Navy and to the Abiding Memory of These Ranks and Ratings of this Port Who Laid Down Their Lives in the Defence of the Empire and have No Other Grave Than the Sea . . . — — Map (db m123456) WM
This panel features a selection of ships on which many of the men commemorated on the Second World War extension at Portsmouth were serving when they lost their lives. Until well into the 20th century, when a man, woman or boy joined the Royal . . . — — Map (db m123465) WM
In 1946 it was decided that the existing naval memorials should be extended in order to commemorate the naval dead of the Second World War who had no grave but the sea. The architect of the Second World War extension at Portsmouth was Sir Edward . . . — — Map (db m123466) WM
RAF – HSL 102
“The sea shall not have them”
HSL 102, built by the British Power Boat Company at Hythe in 1936, is one of only 22 100-Class High Speed Launches which were used by the RAF to rescue World War 2 airmen from the sea. . . . — — Map (db m123159) HM WM
This Plaque Commemorates
The Dedicated of the Men and Women of
The City of Portsmouth
Who, Through Their Steadfastness and Devotion
Contributed to the Safekeeping of Their City
During the Period of World War II 1939-1945
Unveiled by . . . — — Map (db m123544) WM
The Portsmouth Naval Memorial
This memorial commemorates officers, ranks and ratings of this Port who died at
sea during the wars of 1914 to 1918 and 1939 to 1945. Actions in which they
fought are recorded in the registers and on the memorial . . . — — Map (db m123467) HM
In grateful Memory of those men from the parishes of Botesdale-Redgrave-Rickinghall– Superior and Inferior, who fell in The Great War
1914-1918
Also in affectionate memory of those who gave their lives in the . . . — — Map (db m52451) HM
Austrian born, Jewish, British Military Volunteer,
MI6 Secret Agent, WW2.
King's Commendation for Brave Conduct, 1944/1945.
while investigating and reporting on factories
where Nazis were thought to be developing
nuclear weapons, he . . . — — Map (db m232664) HM
1914 1919
In Memory of Dorking Men
Who Fell in the Great War
Alderman T.P. · Ansell J. · Arthur E.J. · Barker H.A. · Barker H. · Barker H.C. · Batson A.W. · Baxter F.H. · Baxter P.J. · Bell T. · Biggs R.H. · Bishop G.L. · Boggis R. · Bonfield . . . — — Map (db m130262) WM
To the glory of God and to the hallowed memory of those residents of this urban district who lost their lives in the world wars 1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945
1914 - 1918 War
Armed Forces
Adams F, Allum J L, Aplin K S, Armstrong R, Arnold C . . . — — Map (db m217987) WM
( inscribed around the edge )
To the Glory of God and in Grateful Memory of our Gallant Newdigate Men who fell in the Great War, 1914 to 1919 1939 to 1945
( World War I )
George Ackland · William Beadle · Wilfred S. . . . — — Map (db m129826) WM
To Our Glorious Dead
1914 - 1918
This war memorial is erected by the people of Staines in proud and grateful homage to their fellow townsmen who endured all and gave all that honour and freedom might prevail.
They shall grow not old
As we . . . — — Map (db m231151) WM
‘Tallboy’ Bomb (1944/45)
Length 21ft (6.6m) Weight 12,000lb (5,443kg)
Designed by Barnes Wallis for Vickers-Armstrong of Brooklands during World War Two, the 12,000lb ‘earthquake’ bomb was used successfully against the German Tirpitz battleship . . . — — Map (db m118208) HM WM
Danish Seamen’s Club
From 1940 to 1945,
Newcastle was the official
home town to 3,000 Danish sailors,
serving in the British Merchant Navy.
St. Nicholas buildings housed
their unions, clubs and the
Danish Merchant Navy
1995
City . . . — — Map (db m126490) HM
The Cathedral Church of St Michael
A house of worship, dedicated to the Archangel, St Michael, has stood on this site from the time of Henry I in the 12th Century. From its beginnings as a small Norman chapel, St Michael's progressively enlarged, . . . — — Map (db m124653) HM WM
In
gratitude to God
and to commend
to future generations
the self-sacrifice of
all those who served
on the Homefront
during the Second
World War
( inscribed on the perimeter )
Let each of you look not to your own . . . — — Map (db m124648) WM
The Statue of Christ
This is a second casting, in concrete, of a statue at Blundell's School in Devon. It was created by an 18 year old pupil Alain John. The Headmaster, Neville Gorton, later became Bishop of Coventry and on the death of Alain . . . — — Map (db m124655) HM WM
Remember
Francis Attree · Charles A. Blake · George Brown · Edwd. Cherriman · Sidney Elsworth · William Green · Thos. Harbour · Geo. Harbour · Geo. Harwood · Robert Horney · Fred Leaney · John Mears · Alfred Mears · Fredk. Merritt · Charles Pratt · . . . — — Map (db m129611) WM
To the Glory of God
And to the Memory of the Men of This
Parish Who Gave Their Lives For Their Country
In the Great War 1914 – 1919.
J.B. Howard, Capt. R. Welsh Fusiliers · G.A. Manning, Lt. M.C. R.E. · J.F. Munster, Lt. 13th . . . — — Map (db m129609) WM
In
Thankful Remembrance
of the Men of this Parish
Who Gave Their Lives In
The Great War
1914 — 1919
Cpl. H. Adams · Pte. E. Brooker · Capt. E.D.S. Casswell · Pte. C. Cooks · Capt. G. Dowling · Pte. H. Huggett · Cpl. C. Holcomb · . . . — — Map (db m129825) WM
For God And The Right These All Gave Their Lives In The Great War To Defend Their King And Country, Their Memory Is Enshrined In The Hearts Of The People Of This Parish Who Erected This Monument As A Mark Of Their Gratitude And Affection . . . — — Map (db m235216) WM
They Sleep With The Empires Best And Noblest Sons
Who In The Glorious Morning Of Their Day
For Englands Sake Lost All But Englands Praise
Major Charles Selwyn Awdry D.S.O.
Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry 1918.
2Nd Lieut Carol Edward Vere . . . — — Map (db m235217) WM
