Plaque

Joint Service Defence College - 40th anniversary

Erection date: 6/5/1987

Inscription

To commemorate the visit of Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh
6 May 1987
40th anniversary - Joint Service Defence College

Site: Trinity Laban Conservatoire (4 memorials)

SE10, College Way, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Dance and Music

The three plaques are in a locked room which the staff kindly opened for us. See a photo taken at the unveiling of the Blanke plaque.

Wikimedia have a 1922 photo showing the WW1 memorial in the entrance hall of the college when it was in Mandeville Place, W1.

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

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Queen Elizabeth II

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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

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Joint Service Defence College

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Fela Kuti - SE10

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