Plaque

Telemark

Erection date: 10/4/2016

Inscription

In this building SOE's Norwegian section planned the Telemark raid to disrupt development of Nazi atomic weapons, 1942 - 1944.
The Anglo-Norse Society

Site: Coates & Telemark (2 memorials)

NW1, Baker Street, Chiltern Court

Telemark on the left, Coates on the right.

At the far right of our picture you can see London Transport's Lost Property Office. Useful to know where this is, but also worth checking out their window display. On our visit they had a display of lost (and not reclaimed) technology over the years - included some big phones. 

2023 October: If you arrive here hoping to find your lost property - you will be disappointed - the Lost Property Office has moved. But don't worry, it's not lost. Londonist reported that "Since 2019, the office has been in a temporary location in Kensington, but now it's moving to a new site next to West Ham Bus Garage."

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
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Special Operations Executive (SOE)

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Heroes of Telemark

In 1943 Norwegian resistance commandos sponsored by the SOE raided the enemy-...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
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Anglo-Norse Society

From the Picture source website: "The Anglo-Norse Society in London is a regi...

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Eric Coates - NW1

Eric Coates - NW1

Eric Coates, 1886 - 1957, composer, lived here in Flat 176, 1930 - 1939. Engl...

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