Plaque | War served | WW1

Field Marshal Gort

Erection date: 2005

Inscription

Field Marshal Viscount Gort VC, 1886 - 1946, Commander in Chief at Dunkirk, lived here, 1920 - 1926.
English Heritage

Site: Field Marshal Gort (1 memorial)

SW1, Belgrave Square, 34

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

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