Erection date: 28/11/1987
28th November 1987
The Worshipful The Mayor, Councillor Mrs Elizabeth Russell, planted the first replacement tree, a Ginkgo Biloba (Maidenhair Tree) in the Royal Borough's Open Spaces after the Great Storm of 16th October 1987. Three hundred and twenty trees were lost from these areas in one night of devastation.
W8, Holland Park
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Great Storm - Holland Park
In the early hours of Friday 16 October 1987 a great storm struck South East ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Great Storm - Holland Park
The borough was formed in 1965 by the merging of the separate former boroughs...
In loving memory of Ian William Sargent, 23rd Jan 1967 - 24th Nov 2001. Your energy and enthusiasm will be my strength.
In the low rockery on either side of the entrance at the south east corner. Normally there is a tree with this type of plaque but perhap...
We could find no evidence that the Raghuveers were married but it seems very likely.
'One Life, One Love' may reference the Chris de Burgh song. We can find no information about George and Rose.
The millennium tree (in 2008 still a sapling) is in front of the half-timbered wall. The two yews commemorating the 850th anniversary ar...
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