Former Destroyer in the Polish Navy. ORP stands for Okret Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Ship of the Polish Republic).
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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ORP Orkan
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Polish Navy WW2 Headquarters
{Beneath the insignia of the Polish Navy:} This building housed the headquart...
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Henry Lygon
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Private Edward Charles Adams
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War dead, WW1
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Arthur Herbert Procter, VC
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War served, WW1
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John Elisha Grimshaw, VC
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War served, WW1
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World War 2
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Edith Fletcher
SE1, Lambeth Road
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1 subject commemorated
Frieze of Parnassus - Mendelsohn
SW7, Kensington Road
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