Erection date: 22/10/1970
This plaque was unveiled by Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer KG and Admiral of the Fleet the Earl Mountbatten of Burma KG to mark the opening of Hyde Park Barracks on the 22nd October 1970.
SW7, South Carriage Drive, Hyde Park Barracks
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hyde Park Barracks - 1970
This site was first developed in 1795 for use by the Horse Guards. The barrac...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Hyde Park Barracks - 1970
Admiral of the Fleet. 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma. Grandson of Queen Victor...
Born Colchester. Fought in both world wars. Chief of the Imperial General Sta...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Hyde Park Barracks - 1970
This pediment comes from the Victorian barracks. From British History Online ...
London County Council Austin Dobson, 1840-1921, poet and essayist, lived here.
Greater London Council William Smith, M.P., 1756 - 1835, pioneer of religious liberty, lived here.
The plaque is some distance from the nearest vantage point.
The plaque is not clear about what was constructed. The piers look original so we guess it was just the gates themselves.
This memorial is, oddly, erected very close to, and land-side of, the Wapping cupola which disguises a ventilation shaft for the Rotherhi...
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