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 ...
The Close just south of this spot has been named Nina Mackay Close. Incidentally, opposite the southern end of Arthingworth Street there...
Dr. John Fry, 1922 - 1944, devoted family doctor and world renowned researcher and writer. G.P. Research Club
The flower on the plaque looks to us like a chrysanthemum but we don't know if it has any special significance.
Opened in 1754 as the burial ground for St Andrew's Holborn but full and closed by 1850. The site now occupied by the splendidly Art Deco...
We thank David Hopkins, our Latin consultant, for yet again providing the Latin translation, without which we really would have no idea w...
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