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: 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: {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: [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