Erection date: 1960
London County Council
Field Marshal, Viscount Allenby, 1861-1936, lived here, 1928-1936.
SW5, Wetherby Gardens, 24
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Field Marshal Allenby
Army officer. Born Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby at Brackenhurst Hall, near Sou...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Field Marshal Allenby
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