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Guild of One-Name Studies

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Inscription ID:1589
Brief Description:Memorial Plaques to people who lost their lives trying to save another
Type:Memorial
Detail:A series of plaques prepared by artist George Frederic Watts for those who died while trying to save thelives of others. This is located within Postman's Park in the City of London They range in date from 1863 to 2006. The incidents range in location from greater London to Devon and Lincoln, with the vast majority in the London area.
Inscription:G F Watt's Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice / Unveiled in 1900, the memorial to heroic self-sacrifice was conceived and undertaken by the Victorian artist George Frederic Watts (1817-1904). It contains plaques to those who have heroically lost their lives trying to save another. Watts believed that these everyday heroes provided models of exemplary behaviour and character. The Material Prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are. G F Watts / Greater love hath no man than this, that he may lay down his life for his friends. John15:13 / Watts Gallery, Compton Surrey. For individual inscriptions please refer to photographs.
Place:Postman's Park, King Edward Street, London EC1A 7BT
County:London
Country:England
Date:1863-2007
Contributor:Andrew Stillman
Photo(s):GF Watts_120125.jpg
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Pitt Leigh_120125.jpg
Griffin Thomas_120125.jpg
Peart Walter_120125.jpg
rogers mary_120125.jpg
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kennedy amelia_120125.jpg
emery edmund_120125.jpg
funnell george_120125.jpg
donald william_120125.jpg
ricketts harold_120125.jpg
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