Remembering Bali

A memorial to those killed in the terrorist attack at a night club in Bali 12 October 2002. The marble globe represents that those killed came from 21 countries.  The names of all 202 who died are on the curved wall behind the globe.

Memorial

Along the Thames pathway and opposite Lambeth Palace is this memorial to acknowledge the work performed the Special Operations Executive (S.O.E.). This special spy group was set up by Churchill in 1940 to conduct guerrilla warfare against the Axis Power. (Germans, Italians and Japanese). Another brief was to instruct and aid the resistance movements. Of the 13,000 people employed by this organisation 3,200 were women.

New Zealand Memorial

Several war memorials stand in Hyde Park corner marking the relationship between Britain and those countries that supported her during the first and second world wars.

Today is New Zealand's national day. Waitangi Day, so named as on February 6th 1840 representatives of Queen Victoria and several Maori Chiefs signed a treaty that is the founding document of modern New Zealand, at Waitangi.

The memorial sculpture, a collaborative work by New Zealander Paul Dibble has iconic New Zealand folklore on each of the standards. Six of the standards sit slightly apart from the group and are arranged to represent the southern cross (star constellation). All of the standards have a cross on the top that glows at night to represent the New Zealand sky.

Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park

A view from the grounds surrounding the Imperial War Museum looking out toward Elephant and Castle. The Imperial War Museum was previously a mental hospital but as far back as 1329 a hospital for the treatment of mental disorders existed here. During Victorian times 'asylum's' were moved to more rural areas. The last hospital closing in 1926. The freehold of the site was bought by Vicount Rothermere in 1930 to be made into a public space known as Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park in memory of his mother.

Tribute to the Animals

Along Park Lane this monument, a tribute to animals who died in 2oth century wars, was unveiled by Princess Anne in 2004.

Sanctuary

A memorial gate to William Avenon a goldsmith who died in 1631 now sits in the little known churchyard garden of St Katherine Cree church.