Plaque

International Students House

Erection date: 4/5/1965

Inscription

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother declared open this International Students House on the fourth of May 1965.

Site: Kennedy bust - new position (2 memorials)

W1, Great Portland Street, International Students House

In our photo the bust's white plinth can be seen behind the glass doors. This entrance, facing onto a parking lot, is the back of 1-6 in that lovely Georgian Park Crescent.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
International Students House

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International Students House

ISH began life in 1917 as Student Movement House, a social centre opened at 3...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
International Students House

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Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

In 1923 Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (descended from the Royal House of Scotland...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
International Students House

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John F Kennedy bust - new position

John F Kennedy bust - new position

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