Subjects of historical plaques - D

Tess Daly
(1969-present) television presenter
Strictly Come Dancing
television series
George Daniels
watchmaker
The Dardanelles
street
Dark and Light
(1969-1975) theatre company
David Darst
Christian Brother
Joseph Davies VC
(1889-1976) Victoria Cross recipient
Jefferson Davis
Ann Davison
(1914-1992) sailor
Rev William Dawson
(d.1927) Reverend
De La Salle Institute
school
Thomas Deacon
wool merchant
Jeannie Deans
fictional character
Deltasonic
(2000-present) record label
Charlotte Denison
(1806-1889) Viscountess Ossington
Felix Dennis
(1947-2014) publisher
Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital Maternity Department
hospital
Sophie von der Wall
Holocaust victim
Jayaben Desai
(1933-2010) leader of the Grunwick workers strike
Geoff's Desk
Moby Dick
(1954-present) film
Dimitar Dimov
(1909-1966) writer
Directorate of State Forests and Property
government organisation
Ronald Dixon
(d.1969) firefighter
Lottie Dod
(1871-1960) Wimbledon Ladies Singles Champion
Edward C. Dodd
Titanic Disaster victim
The Dolly Field
football ground
Group Captain Edward Mortlock Donaldson CB CBE DSO AFC & Bar
(1912-1992) World Air-Speed record holder
Inspector William Donaldson
(d.1855) Police Inspector
Lonnie Donegan
(1931-2002) singer
White Horse, Dorking
public house
cattle market, Dorking
market
Market House, Dorking
(1597-1811) market house
The Bulls Head, Dorking
coaching inn
Henry Doulton
pottery manufacturer
Kinwarton Dovecote
(1400-present) dovecote
Alexander Petrovich Dovzhenko
film director
Downsway
(1895-present) police house
Hilda Mary Dowson
(1883-1956) Suffragist
Andrew Drummond
banker
Dundas Wharf
wharf
Lion Tavern, Dundee
tavern
Thomas Dungate
(d.1556) Protestant martyr
Paul Dunmill
(1964-2021) postal worker
Durham Fusiliers Militia
militia
Gerald Durrell OBE
(1925-1995) zoologist
Lawrence Durrell
Red Dwarf
(1988-present) television series
dyke, Aberdeen
(1650-present) dyke
Philip Dykes