Plaque Wording: To the memory of the men of the N.E. Ward of this borough who fell in the great war 1914-19. Erected by residents of the N.E. Ward. Their name liveth for evermore. Sacrifice . Honour. Devotion

Plaque Wording: To commemorate the Raising of the Siege of Cadiz, in consequence of the Glorious Victory obtained by the Duke of Wellington over the French at Salamanca, on the 22d July 1812: This Mortar, cast for the destruction of that Great Port, with Powers surpassing all others, and abandoned by the Besiegers on their Retreat, was presented as a token of respect and gratitude by the Spanish Nation, To his Royal Highness the Prince Regent.

Plaque Wording: Canada Walk
Here in a building opposite at 20 Lincoln's Inn Fields was the Headquarters of the
Royal Canadian Air Force in Great Britain during the second World War. This Headquarters provided central support to some 85,000 Canadian personnel who served in 48 RCAF Squadrons and with numerous RAF units. In all, 14,455 Canadian airmen made the supreme sacrifice while serving overseas.

Plaque Wording: In grateful and affectionate memory of the men of Chiswick who fell in the Great War 194-1918

Plaque Wording: In memory of those who died in the destruction of Church House 9th February 1945. {10 names) 11th February 1957

Plaque Wording: 1940-1941: Many homes on Church Street were destroyed in air raids leading to extensive post-war rebuilding.

Plaque Wording: This Close, damaged by enemy action in January 1941, was restored by the New River Co. Ltd., 1946.

Plaque Wording: In memory of those who lost their lives when a bomb penetrated the Columbia Market air raid shelter, 7 September 1940. (45 names) Also in memory of those who died through their wounds after 7 September 1940.

Plaque Wording: A debt of honour - The Memorial Gates This memorial was inaugurated by Her Majesty the Queen during the Golden Jubilee year, 2002. It commemorates the service and sacrifices of five million men and women from the Indian Sub-continent, Africa and the Caribbean, who volunteered to fight with the British in the two World Wars, 1914-18 and 1939-45. This is the first time that their magnificent contribution has received fitting recognition. With so many descendants of these volunteers now living in the United Kingdom, the Memorial Gates serve to remind us all of our shared sacrifices in times of greatest need.

First World War, 1914-18
Indian Sub-continent and the Kingdom of Nepal - 1,440,500 men and women, including 100,000 Gurkhas, volunteered for military service in the Indian Army. They fought on the Western Front, in Gallipoli, Persia, Egypt, Palestine and Mesopotamia.
Africa - the old British African colonies provided 62,000 troops and transport auxiliaries who fought in Africa.
Caribbean - over 15,000 men served in the British West Indies Regiment and saw action in France, Palestine, Egypt and Italy.

Second World War, 1939-45
Indian Sub-Continent and the Kingdom of Nepal - over 2,500,000 including 132,000 Gurkhas, served in Burma, Malaya, Hong Kong, North and East Africa, France, Italy, Greece and throughout the Middle East.
Africa - over 372,000, mostly from East and West Africa, served in the Middle East, East Africa, Italy and Burma.
Caribbean - over 7,000 men and women volunteered to aid the war effort, many of whom saw action in the Middle East, Far East, East Africa and Italy.

The Memorial Gates have been funded by a National Lottery grant from the Millennium Commission and the generous support of trusts, foundations and members of the public.
This panel was donated by the Friends of War Memorials and the West Indian Ex-Services Association UK.
Memorial Gates Trust

Plaque Wording: {left plaque} In commemoration of the first anniversary of October 26 1944 when Tito's heroic army, exposing the occupiers, liberated our city
{right plaque}To all the Croatian defenders who died in The Homeland War 1991-1996, who incorporated their lives into the foundations of the State of Croatia, liberating the homeland throughout, and neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina

Plaque Wording: DACHAU Is the site near Munich in Germany where the first European camp was built by the National Socialist Party after they had seized power. It was completed on March 22, 1933. Originally, this camp was intended to imprison those German citizens opposed to Hitler's regime. Later, Resistance fighters and victims of Nazi oppression arrested in those countries annexed and occupied by Germany were deported there. More than 200,000 internees out on whom 12,000 were arrested in France, suffered from the most inhuman treatment. In this camp, during the 12 years of its operation operation, several tens of thousands of prisoners died of starvation, exhaustion, cruelty or were executed. We, the survivors, have erected this simple monument as witness to the Faith, Courage and Hope that have ceaselessly driven and supported us throughout our ordeal

Plaque Wording: DEPTFORD'S TRIBUTE TO HER GALLANT SONS WHO WERE FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 1914-1918 1939-1945

Plaque Wording: Click on the link (to London Remembers) to see what was on the plaque.

Plaque Wording: in memory of Croation defenders .... Rest in the peace of God. His surviving comrades 6.12.1993

Plaque Wording: Falling for the motherland does not mean falling; it means rising up and becoming great like her.

Plaque Wording: {across the gates}In Proud and Grateful Memory of the men of this borough who laid down their lives in the Great War of 1914-1918

Plaque Wording: The Hermitage Memorial Riverside Garden
The garden and memorial sculpture are in memory of the East London civilians who were killed and injured in the Second World War, 1939 - 1945, and of the suffering of those who lost relatives, friends and homes.
Tens of thousands of men, women and children lost life and limb in the wartime bombing of London and other major cities. More than a million homes were destroyed. The most intense bombing occurred between September 1940 and May 1941 and became known as the Blitz (from the German "Blitzkrieg" meaning "lightning war"). In the first three months of the Blitz bombs rained on London almost every night.
The Port of London, with its docks, warehouses and industry, was an important strategic target for the German bombers and an easy one to locate along the Thames. Countless bombs also fell on the surrounding densely packed streets of East and South East London, which were home to many of London's poorest families. The consequences were devastating. On this site stood the Hermitage Wharf, which was hit during a massive firebomb raid on the City of London on 29 December 1940.
The memorial sculpture was designed by Wendy Taylor CBE. The symbol of the dove is intended to suggest hope, rather than dwell intrusively on the dead. Its representation as an absence signifies the loved ones who were lost. The garden and sculpture were commissioned by the Hermitage Environment Group and funded by the generous contributions of the Berkeley Group Holdings plc, the Williams Charitable Trust, the Garfield Weston Foundation and many other individuals and businesses.

Plaque Wording: MONUMEN? TO THE FALLEN OF THE SEA THE SYRACUSAN SAILORS WHO FALLEN DURING THE 2nd WORLD WAR ARE INSCRIBED IN THE STONE OF THIS MONUMENT. ALSO PRESENT ARE THE MEN OF THE CREW OF THE SYRACUSAN FISHING VESSEL "NUOVA MARGHERITA", WHICH EXPLODED DUE TO THE RECOVERY OF A TORPEDO IN THE WATERS OF THE PORT IN 1952.
In this space, which has always been dedicated to maritime activities, the ancient Congregation of Mutual Aid for Seafarers was founded and operated in 1397 with the name of "Portus Salutis" and here the church of the Madonna di Porto Salvo was built in 1596, a spiritual refuge where the sailors prayed before departure and upon returning to the port of Syracuse,
Once the Church was destroyed at the end of the 19th century and the Sailors' Society disappeared, at the end of the last century (29 June 1997) it was decided to erect this monument here as a permanent reminder of the men and history of Syracuse shipping. (Syracusan Society of Homeland History)

Plaque Wording: [Blitz] / The heroes with grimy faces / Winston Churchill
In honour and memory of those firefighters who gave their lives in the defence of the nation, 1939-1945.
This monument was commissioned by the founder Master of the Guild of Firefighters supported by public and service donations. MCMXC
Sculptor = John W Mills ARCA FRBS
The United Kingdom Firefighters National Memorial This memorial was re-dedicated and unveiled on the 16th September 2003 by HRH The Princess Royal (Patron to the Firefighters Memorial Charitable Trust).
This memorial was unveiled by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother on 4 May 1991.

Plaque Wording: To the Honour of Fulham's Gallant Dead They died for freedom 1914-1918 and 1939-1945.

Plaque Wording: {all 4 sides mostly illegible, but begins:} To the memory of Hackney Wick men who fell in the great war 1914-1919

Plaque Wording: In memory of those who died in Hampstead as the result of enemy action in the World War 1939 - 1945 and who rest here

Plaque Wording: Dedicated on September 9th 2010 on the 70th anniversary of the London Blitz. In loving memory of our father Pinkus Nirenstein, brother Phillip and sister Freda, her fiancé Morris Wolkind and the seven other people who lost their lives when a bomb destroyed 35 Harrington Square on September 9th 1940.
On behalf of Sophie, wife to Pinkus, and the siblings that survived: Phyllis Hillel, David Niren, Lily Mitchell, their children and grandchildren.

Plaque Wording: {Latin translated} Wise is he who looks ahead. In recognition of the hospitality received on this hill during the 4 years 1942-1946 AD and of so many beneficiaries, the Council of Malvern College arranged for this clock to be installed in the year of our lord 1950. Take with a grateful hand every hour that God gives you.

Plaque Wording: {top left} 1914-1918 Erected by residents of the central and west wards of Hendon in memory of their glorious dead.... (followed by many names)

Plaque Wording: This memorial is also dedicated to the memory of those inhabitants of Hendon both members of the services and civilians who lost their lives in the 2nd World War 1939-1945

Plaque Wording: [a plaque used to be on the railings and read:] R.N.V.R Memorial Trophy This Trophy was unveiled on the 6th June 1931 by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales K.G. to commemorate the service of R.N.V.R. Officers and men in the Great War including 125,000 Officers and men who were trained for all branches of the Royal Navy at the Training Depot. HMS Victory VI at the Crystal Palace 1914-1918. The trophy was damaged during the/ 1935-1945 War and was restored in 1955 through the generosity of past and present members of the R.N.V.R. and their friends

Plaque Wording: From April to August 1945, in this hotel, then transformed into a reception centre, a large party of the survivors of the Nazi concentration camps were received. Happy to find freedom and the loved ones from whom they had been torn away. Their joy could not erase the anguish and pain of the families of the thousands of missing people who waited in vain for their loved ones in these places. 40th anniversary of the liberation of the camps. May 21, 1985

Plaque Wording: {the small plaque at the bottom} In memory of our comrades of the Inns of Court Regt who gave their lives in the 1939-45 war

Plaque Wording: Here, at 21 rue La Boétie, Paul ROSENBERG set up his art gallery between 1910 and 1940. He exhibited the greatest modern painters there, including his friends Picasso, Braque, Matisse and Léger. The building was requisitioned by the Gestapo to install the Institute of Jewish Question

Plaque Wording: Place of meditation upon the martyrdom of 65 thousand Polish citizens of Jewish nationality from Kraków and its environs killed by the Nazis during World War II.

Plaque Wording: 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

Plaque Wording: {Top plaque} Remembering the forty one players and staff of Clapton Orient Football Club who served with the 17th Bn Middlesex Regiment (The Footballers' Battalion) during the great war of whom three players gave their lives in the Battle of the Somme. Private William Jonas F/32 27th July 1916 Pte George Scott F/1583 16th August 1916 CSM Richard McFadden MM F/162 23rd October 1916
{Second plaque} To the memory of the service men & women of Leyton who sacrificed their lives in two world wars 1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945
{Third plaque} In grateful remembrance of all those people of Leyton who suffered in the world war 1939 - 1945
{Bottom plaque} In memory of the fallen of Leyton 1945 to present day Lest we forget

Plaque Wording: AUGUST 25, 1944 PLEDGE BY SAINT LOUIS, KING OF FRANCE, THIS BASILICA WAS DELIVERED FROM THE THREAT OF DESTRUCTION BY A RECKLESS PROSECUTOR OF NOTRE DAME DE LA GARDE. FROM AUGUST 23 TO 27 THANKS TO THE SAME MIRACULOUS PROTECTION OF THE "BONNE MÈRE" THE CITY WAS LIBERATED FROM FOREIGN OCCUPATION BY THE VALIANT GROUPS OF GUNNERS OF THE 3 D.I.A. (ASSAULT GUNNERS OF THE MARINE-AFRICA [DIVISION] AND CUIRASSIERS OF THE 1 D.B. PLACED UNDER THE COMMAND OF GENERAL DE GOISLARD DE MONSABERT) "IT WAS SHE WHO PAID FOR PEACE" DECLARED THIS FEARLESS LEADER WHO LED THE LIBERATION ARMY. GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE PEOPLE OF MARSEILLE

Plaque Wording: ON AUGUST 20, 1944, AT DAWN, THE RESISTANCE OCCUPY THE TOWN HALL FOR THREE DAYS AND FOUR NIGHTS THEY RESISTED THE ENEMY ASSAULTS. ON AUGUST 23,THE PARISIAN LIBERATION COMMITTEE IS INSTALLED. ON THE EVENING OF AUGUST 24, THE FIRST SOLDIERS OF THE LECLERC DIVISION ARRIVE ON THE SCENE. ON AUGUST 25, 1944, PARIS WAS LIBERATED. THE BULLET IMPACTS ON THE FACADE OF THE TOWN HALL TESTIFY TO THESE FIGHTS

Plaque Wording: {On the left} We will remember them
{On the right} In remembrance of all employees of the Lloyds TSB Group who have given their lives in times of conflict
{on the ground} For your tomorrow we gave our today

Plaque Wording: To the memory of the men of the London Hop Trade who died for us in the Great War .... Their name liveth forever.

Plaque Wording: To the eternal recognition of cast and glory to the fallen fighters of the city and environs of Lovran

Plaque Wording: {top left}The Machine Gun Corps Old Comrades Association lives on and a century later continues to remember the brave men who fought with the Machine Gun Corps from 1915 - 1922.
{top right}The Boy David by Bainbridge Copnall MBE PPRBS. A memorial to the members of the Machine Gun Corps who served in World War One.
{bottom left}The original Boy David statue sculptured in bronze by Francis Derwent Wood was the model for the Machine Gun Corps memorial which stands at Hyde Park Corner and was presented to the Borough of Chelsea in 1963 but was later stolen.
This bronze fibreglass replacement was erected by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the Old Comrades Association of the Machine Gun Corps.
{bottom right}This bronze fibreglass statue was sculptured by E. Bainbridge Copnall, 1903 - 1973, and set on the granite column which the sculptor donated to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

Plaque Wording: In memory of the Malagasy fighters who, in the different theatres of operations, defended freedom, for their homeland and for France. This "vatolahy" symbolizes the Franco-Malagasy brotherhood of arms

Plaque Wording: {top left} In 1940 the sinister shadow of Fascism spilled across Europe and into North Africa. Malta, under the protection of Great Britain, found herself alone in a hostile Mediterranean 800 miles from her nearest allies in Gibraltar and Alexandria. Besieged by enemies Malta became a fulcrum on which the fate of the war balanced for the next three years. If Malta fell the rest of North Africa would follow, opening the door to the oil fields of the Middle East and for the Axis Powers to join in Asia and threaten India. The allies knew this. So did the Axis Powers. Malta, besieged, became and remains the most bombed place in the history of War.
Supplied only by Sea, at great cost, Malta was defended not only by her own people but by forces drawn from the whole free world. Fighter aircraft delivered by the American and Royal Navies were piloted by Britons, Canadians, Australians, and New Zealanders. Convoys crewed by British, American and Commonwealth seamen were supported by the free forces of Greece, the Netherlands, and Poland. Free Norwegians added their merchant fleet to the Allied cause. In April 1942 King George VI awarded to the People of Malta the George Cross, the highest decoration for civilian courage and heroism.
By summer 1942 only weeks of food remained and the Allies mounted operation Pedestal as a last attempt to save Malta. After a five-day running battle the Convoy's four remaining merchant vessels and the immortal Tanker Ohio, all that was left of the fourteen that set out, entered Grand Harbour. The date was 15th August, 1942, the feast of Santa Maria. The siege was broken; within months North Africa was retaken and the first steps of European liberation begun.
This stone taken from Malta, was presented by the Maltese Government on the 60th Anniversary of the end of Second World War to commemorate all who participated in the siege and defence of Malta, 1940-43.
Placed by the George Cross Island Association, 15th August 2005.

Plaque Wording: ON JANUARY 22 AND 23, 1943 250 MARSEILLE FAMILIES WERE HANDED OVER TO THE GESTAPO BY THE VICHY POLICE FOR THE SOLE REASON OF BEING BORN JEWISH DEPORTED AND EXTERMINATED IN THE GAS CHAMBERS OF SOBIBOR AND AUSCHWITZ. MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN, NONE RETURNED! YOU WHO PASS BY, REMEMBER! YOUR MEMORY IS THEIR ONLY BURIAL 1943 - 1993 AMICALE D'AUSCHWITZ

Plaque Wording: The men from the service of the Metropolitan Railway Company whose names are inscribed below were among those who, at the call of King and country, left all that was dear to them, endured hardness, faced danger, and finally passed out of sight of men by the path of duty and self-sacrifice, giving up their own lives that others might live in freedom. Let those who come after see to it that their names be not forgotten.
1914 - 1918 Erected by the directors, officers and staff of the railway.

Plaque Wording: This tablet was erected by the members of the 1914 Guildhall Staff in memory of their comrades who laid down their lives in the Great War

Plaque Wording: This tablet is placed in this Middlesex Guildhall in memory of those members of the county staff who lost their lives in the World War 1939-1945

Plaque Wording: Navy Landing Dedicated by the City of New Orleans to honor the personnel of the United States navy and offer appreciation for their sacrifices and service to the nation and the city 8 February 1991

Plaque Wording: Nortraship
From 1940 to 1945 this building housed NORTRASHIP - The Norwegian Shipping and Trade Mission - established by the Norwegian Government in exile and Norwegian shipowners. NORTRASHIP operated the Norwegian merchant fleet of more than 1000 ships which made a vital contribution to the allied victory in World War II.

Plaque Wording: {centre stone} 1914 1918
those honoured here died in the service of their country and lie buried in this cemetery

Plaque Wording: In memory of the members of Operation Rimau In September 1944, when Singapore was under Japanese occupation, twenty-three British and Australian members of Services Reconnaissance Department / Z Special Unit travelled from Autralia by submarine to the outskirts of Singapore Harbour. Their mission was to attack and destroy enemy shipping from small submersible boats using magnetic limpet mines. The party included six former members of the highly successful raid launched against Japanese shipping in Singapore harbour in September 1943, code-named Operation Jaywick. They were intercepted by Japanese forces and in the actions that followed, thirteen were either killed in action or died of wounds. The remaining ten were captured and subsequently executed on 7 July 1945. The place of their execution is approximately 580 metres east of the junction of Clement and Dover Roads......we salute their daring and bravery.

Plaque Wording: In memory of the thirteen Polish navy sailors who lost their lives on 16 June 1942 when their destroyer ORP Kujawiak hit a mine and sank during a convoy to Malta, Operation Harpoon

Plaque Wording: Erected to perpetuate the memory of the men of the parish of Our Lady of Willesden who lost their lives in The Great War of 1914 - 1918

Plaque Wording: Erected to perpetuate the memory of men of the parish of Our Lady of Willesden who lost their lives in the war of 1939 - 1945

Plaque Wording: (Centre Tablet) On this wall are recorded the names of those members of His Majesty's Forces who died during The Great War and although buried in this cemetery have no separate headstones

Plaque Wording: Flying Bomb Summer 1944
To the people of Penge who suffered war and change showing courage, dignity and humour

Plaque Wording: The People of Penge in partnership with the London Borough of Bromley erected these plaques to commemorate the Members of the Armed Forces and Civilians who lost their lives in World War II

Plaque Wording: "They died because they were Poles." In memory of our compatriots. At least 111,000 victims of communist genocide, murdered in the Soviet Union, along with hundreds of thousands deported deep into the "inhuman land" - to endure starvation, exhaustion, and slave labour under the NKVD's Polish operation of 1937-1938. On the 80th anniversary of this crime, Instytut Pamięci Narodowej, 2017

Plaque Wording: In this building, between 1939-1945, the Germans imprisoned Polish political prisoners before deporting them to concentration camps.

Plaque Wording: Left side: "At this site on December 28, 1943, the Nazis shot 30 Poles"
Right side: "In a public execution were murdered......

Plaque Wording: {illegible}On the night of the eighth of September 1915 a Zeppelin bomb fell and exploded on this spot. Although nearly 1000 people slept in the surrounding buildings no person was injured.

Plaque Wording: TO THE INTERNED RESISTANCE PRISONERS OF WAR AT THE RAWA-RUSKA REPRISAL CAMP IN UKRAINE 1942-1944

Plaque Wording: The Catalonia League of War Disabled and Widows from the Spanish War 1936/39 honours all the victims of the Civil War. Let us always remember them because never again should it happen.

Plaque Wording: This panel was added to commemorate the 29,924 of all ranks of the Royal Artillery who gave their lives for their King and country in all parts of the world during the war of 1939 - 1945. They died with the faith that the future of all mankind would benefit by their sacrifice.
Quo fas et gloria ducunt

Plaque Wording: Erected by the officers and men of the Royal Marines in memory of their comrades who were killed in action or died of wounds or disease in South Africa and China, 1899-1900.

Plaque Wording: IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND OTHER RANKS OF THE ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY

Plaque Wording: IN MEMORY OF THE SANTA MARIA CONVOY ON AUGUST 18, 1942 WHICH HELPED THE MALTESE AND THE ENGLISH SO MUCH IN THE DAUGHTERS AGAINST NAZISM AND FASCISM

Plaque Wording: LEAGUE TWO COMBATANTS PARISH BOARD OF SERRETA TRIBUTE TO THE FIGHTERS OF THIS PARISH, NAMELY THOSE WHO OVERSEAS LOST THEIR LIVES ANTONIO MERMINIO ESTEVES DUARTE 6.06-08-1969.MOCAMBIQUE JOSÉ GABRIEL DINIS SOUSA F-08-08-1973.MOZAMBIQUE

Plaque Wording: HERE RESTS AN UNKNOWN PERSON DEPORTED FROM LABOR, A VICTIM OF TREASON AND NAZI BARBARISM. 1942-1945 - 600.00O FRENCH DEPORTED FOR FORCED LABOR IN GERMANY, 60,000 DEAD, 15,000 SHOT, HANGED OR BEHEADED FOR ACTS OF RESISTANCE. 1945-1970 - 50,000 MISSING FROM THIS DEPORTATION

Plaque Wording: In memory of the men of Shenley who died in the service of their King and Country during the great war 1914-1919. Sons of this place let this of you be said that you who live are worthy of your dead. To those who in the same noble spirit of self sacrifice gave their lives in the second world war 1939-1945.

Plaque Wording: Thanks be to God which giveth us the victory.
In proud and grateful memory of 46 officers and men of this parish and church who laid down their lives in the Great War 1914-1918.
Their names are recorded within this church.

Plaque Wording: {the English version is hidden behind the wood planks - something like} The Siege Bell Monument erected in 1992 commemorates the award of the George Cross to the People of Malta, dedicated by Censu Tabone President of Malta and Queen Elizabeth II....