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 ...
Tony Hancock, 1924 - 1968, comedian, lived here, 1947 - 1948. The Dead Comics Society
The ODNB's page on McGill gives: "His fame was recognized by the placing of a blue plaque on his home, 36 Christchurch Road, Streatham Hi...
The large plaque can be seen in our photo on the building to the left.
This plaque was first erected at 7 Essex Street in 1962 and then re-erected here, at Essex Hall in 1964.
We visited 5 weeks after the unveiling and the velcro that held the curtain was still in place. Wonder how long it remained...
Spenser to the left; Bacon to the right. The frieze announces proudly 'Islington Central Library'. Above the keystone of the porch the da...
The mediaeval church dates from 1174. Rebuilt in 1437 and then destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666. Rebuilt by Christopher Wren 1680.
The Somerford Estate has 12 blocks and we believe the award was for the whole estate, not just this block. The architect and landscape d...
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