Plaque

Royal Arsenal Gatehouse - Board of Ordnance

Erection date: 1828

Inscription

GR IV

{On the ribbon of the Board of Ordnance badge, their motto:}
Sua tela tonanti

Site: Royal Arsenal Gatehouse (2 memorials)

SE18, Beresford Square

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

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Royal Arsenal Gatehouse - Board of Ordnance

Subjects commemorated i

Board of Ordnance / Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Responsible for the supply of armaments and munitions to the army and the nav...

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King George IV

Regent: 1811 - 1820. Reigned: 1820 - 1830. After secretly marrying Mrs Fitzhe...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Royal Arsenal Gatehouse - Board of Ordnance

Also at this site i

Royal Arsenal Gatehouse - reopened

Royal Arsenal Gatehouse - reopened

The plaque is inside the central arch.

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