W. E. Johns blue plaque

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What is recorded here

This blue commemorative plaque records: Capt. W. E. Johns 1893 – 1968, author and creator of Biggles, lived here c.1900 – 1912.

From the Open Plaques record 30263

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• Jim Osley, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Robert Edwards, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Des Blenkinsopp, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Robert Timms, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• roger geach, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Jeff Tomlinson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Mike Quinn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Christine Matthews, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• John Salmon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• John Kingdon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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