Erection date: 1952
{Beneath the boy scouts' crest, and above a circle around a dot:}
In Memoriam
Paddington & St Marylebone Boy Scouts
1939 - 1945
A circle around a dot is the boy scouts' tracking symbol meaning 'gone home'.
W9, Randolph Avenue, Paddington Recreation Ground
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Paddington and St Marylebone Boy Scouts
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