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Tag: World War Two

Vitali Close, SW15

25 February 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Miroslaw (Mirek) Vitali, OBE (October 5, 1914 – February 19, 1992) was a physician specialising in the treatment…

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Filed under: Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Putney, Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton, Roehampton Hospital, streets named after doctors, streets named after Poles, streets named after Russians, streets named after Ukrainians, Wandsworth, World War Two

Bader Way, SW15

25 September 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader, (February 21, 1910 – September 5, 1982) was a British RAF…

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Filed under: Queen Mary's Hospital, RAF, Roehampton, streets named after a connection with the Second World War, Wandsworth, West Putney, World War Two

Detling Close, RM12

21 October 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Military heritage. A former military airfield used as a Royal Navy Air Station during World War One and…

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Filed under: Elm Park, Havering, Hornchurch, military, RAF, streets named after a connection with the Second World War, streets named after connection with the First World War, World War One, World War Two

Northolt Way, RM12

19 October 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Military heritage. RAF Northolt, in Hillingdon, was one of the key airfields in the defence of London during both…

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Filed under: Elm Park, former airfields, Havering, Hornchurch, military, RAF, Rainham, streets named after a connection to aircraft, streets named after a connection with the Second World War, streets named after connection with the First World War, World War One, World War Two

Liverpool Street, EC2M

22 March 2020 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This was laid out in 1829 and named in honour of Robert Banks Jenkinson (June 7, 1770 –…

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Filed under: Bishopsgate Without, City of London, jewish london, prime ministers, streets named after Tories, World War Two

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