Plaque

Wakefield and the TA

Erection date: 16/7/1930

Inscription

Lord Wakefield of Hythe CBE, Hon. Col. 2nd City of London Regt. R.F., laid this stone on the 16th day of July 1930 on behalf of the City of London Territorial Association.

Site: Wakefield and the TA (1 memorial)

SW17, Balham High Street, 213, Fusilier House

The plaque is below the window to the left of the ornate entrance. Presumably this is a foundation stone or a building opening stone for a building constructed for use by the TA, but it fails to identify itself.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Wakefield and the TA

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City of London Territorial Association

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Wakefield and the TA

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Viscount Wakefield of Hythe, Charles Cheers

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