Plaque

Westminster Hall - King George VI & Queen Elizabeth

Inscription

His Majesty King George the Sixth lay in state here from the eleventh of February until his burial at Windsor on the fifteenth of February nineteen hundred & fifty-two.

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother lay in state here from the fifth of April until her burial at Windsor on the ninth of April two thousand & two.

Site: Westminster Hall (9 memorials)

SW1, St Margaret Street, Westminster Hall

These 9 plaques are laid into the floor of the hall, in a line down the middle, in this sequence, starting at the entrance end: R101; Hastings; Wentworth; More; Churchill; King Edward VII; Gladstone; King George VI & Queen Elizabeth; and King George V & Queen Mary.

Since capturing these 9 we've seen more on the stairs at the southern end of the hall. Need to visit again.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Westminster Hall - King George VI & Queen Elizabeth

Subjects commemorated i

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

In 1923 Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (descended from the Royal House of Scotland...

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King George VI

Became king when his brother, Edward VIII, abdicated. Like his father George ...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Westminster Hall - King George VI & Queen Elizabeth

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Westminster Hall - Churchill

Westminster Hall - Churchill

Winston Churchill lay in state here from the twenty seventh of January until ...

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Westminster Hall - Edward VII

Westminster Hall - Edward VII

Here rested, from May 17 until interment at Windsor May 20 1910, Edward VII, ...

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Westminster Hall - Gladstone

Westminster Hall - Gladstone

On this spot, awaiting sepulture in Westminster Abbey, rested, from May 26 to...

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Westminster Hall - Hastings

Westminster Hall - Hastings

On this spot Warren Hastings stood his trial 1788 - 1795. He was acquitted o...

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Westminster Hall - King George V & Queen Mary

Westminster Hall - King George V & Queen Mary

His Majesty King George the Fifth lay in state here from the twenty-third of ...

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Jim Henson - Elstree and Borehamwood Station

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E. Rundle
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V. B. Jepson

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A. E. Kells

A. E. Kells

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P. D. Crowther
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