Major Allan H Beckett MBE RE (1914 - 2005) lived here (1919 - 1939). His engineering designs made the Mulberry Harbour and the D-Day landings of 1944 possible.
London Borough of Newham - Heritage Project
E6, Montpelier Gardens, 93
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Major Allan Beckett
The landings, also known as Operation Neptune, were the landing operations in...
Civil engineer. Born Allan Harry Beckett in East Ham. He designed the 'whale'...
Temporary portable harbours developed by the United Kingdom in WW2 for the ra...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Major Allan Beckett
West Ham was merged with parts of Barking and Woolwich to form the London Bor...
The people in the picture standing on the plaque are doing the obligatory circular walk to read the inscription. Plaque carved by Richar...
London County Council William Huskisson, 1770 - 1830, statesman lived here.
The plaque was unveiled by the Austrian Ambassador, Dr. Martin Eichtinger.
This is a very unusual memorial to be found on the outside of a church - lovely art nouveauish design, a vanquished dragon, and rich blue...
{Beneath a representation of a Victoria Cross medal:} Commander Gordon Campbell, Royal Navy, 17th February 1917.
