Erection date: 1960
Given by the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain Association 1960.
WC2, Trafalgar Square
It was this Londonist post where we learnt that the two identical drinking fountains on the east and west sides of Trafalgar Square are a memorial.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Drinking fountains - Trafalgar Square
See Metropolitan Drinking Fountain Association.
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Drinking fountains - Trafalgar Square
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