Plaque

Seacole - Soho Square

Erection date: 29/11/2007

Inscription

Greater London Council
Mary Seacole, 1805 - 1881, Jamaican nurse, heroine of the Crimean War, lived here.

Site: Seacole - Soho Square (1 memorial)

W1, Soho Square, 14

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Seacole - Soho Square

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Mary Seacole

Jamaican nurse, heroine of the Crimean War. That's the standard depiction of ...

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Seacole - Soho Square

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Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...

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