Plaque

D-Day

Erection date: 6/6/2009

Inscription

Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group
D-Day 6 June 1944, the Normandy landings were planned by General Montgomery and others in St Paul's School, which occupied this site from 1884 to 1968. On 15 May 1944, the final invasion plan was presented to General Eisenhower and senior allied commanders in the school lecture theatre, in the presence of King George VI and the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill.
2009.

Site: D-Day (1 memorial)

W6, Hammersmith Road, Entrance to St Paul's Gardens and Open Space

The boundary wall and gate pillars and the Highmaster's House are all that remain of St Paul's School buildings.

The redbrick, very ornamental, Highmaster's House was used as a location in the 1971 film S.W.A.L.K. though most of the shots show the southern facade. 2016: it is now used as St Paul's Hotel.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
D-Day

Subjects commemorated i

Normandy Landings / D-Day

The landings, also known as Operation Neptune, were the landing operations in...

Read More

World War 2

Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...

Read More

St Paul's School

Founded in 1509 by Dean Colet, dean of St Paul’s Cathedral, on the site in wh...

Read More

Winston Churchill

Prime Minister 1940 - 45 and 1951 - 55. Born Blenheim Palace, near Woodstock,...

Read More

Dwight D. Eisenhower

President of the United States 1953-61. Born in Texas. 1915 graduated from ...

Read More

Show all 7

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
D-Day

Created by i

Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group

Founded to focus attention on the historic environment of the borough and to ...

Read More

Nearby Memorials

Denis Nowell Pritt

Denis Nowell Pritt

W12, Uxbridge Road, 446

Presumably this is where he lived.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Adams-Acton

Adams-Acton

NW8, Langford Place, 14, Sunny Side

The plaque is just visible in our photo, peeping out from behind the foliage to the upper left of the door. 2023: this house was for sal...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Harrow School - Speech Room

Harrow School - Speech Room

HA1, Peterborough Road, Harrow War Memorial Building and Speech Room

In our photo, reading left to right: the WW1 memorial plaque is just to the right of the lamppost; the War Memorial Building plaque is on...

1 creator
Dave Shepherd

Dave Shepherd

E17, Brookdale Road, 27

Dave Shepherd, Britain's acclaimed jazz clarinettist and bandleader, was born here on 7th February 1929. Waltham Forest Heritage

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
St Mark's Little Army - WW1

St Mark's Little Army - WW1

SE5, Cobourg Road, 103

This is an unusual memorial, just one, though we've taken separate photos of its two parts. This parish supplied 4,286 men to the armed ...

1 subject commemorated

Previously viewed

W. Gots

W. Gots

Name on one of the main panels of the East Ham WW1 memorial.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
J. Parr

J. Parr

Served in the Royal Navy. 2020: Shortly after publishing this memorial we were contacted by Ian Parr: "Charlton War Memorial The J. Parr commemorated on the Navy panel is I believe my great-grandf...

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
C. H. Lee
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
W. Evers
War dead, WW1
1 memorial