Air Chief Marshall {sic}, Lord Dowding, 1882 - 1970, leader of Fighter Command, lived in a house on this site 1941 - 1951.
This plaque (complete with a misspelling) replaces the English Heritage original which was erected on the previous house on this site, the house in which Dowding lived.
SW19, St. Mary's Road, 3
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Air Chief Marshal Dowding - SW19 - replacement plaque
Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding, GCB, GCVO, CMG, RAF, Baron of Bentley Priory ...
Sigmund Freud, 1856 - 1939, founder of psychoanalysis, lived here, 1938 - 1939. English Heritage
Littlewood set up the Theatre Royal Stratford East and ran it with her partner Gerry Raffles until 1974.
The plaque is just visible in our photo, on the dark wall, to the left of the corner, just below the leaves.
The rectangular aluminium plaque is on the cutter head which has been painted in a Union Jack-inspired scheme.
The plaque is in the rear courtyard/garden of Hughes Mansions.
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