Air Chief Marshall {sic}, Lord Dowding, 1882 - 1970, leader of Fighter Command, lived in a house on this site 1941 - 1951.
This plaque (complete with a misspelling) replaces the English Heritage one which was erected on the previous house on this site.
SW19, St. Mary's Road, 3
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Air Chief Marshal Dowding - SW19 - 1
Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding, GCB, GCVO, CMG, RAF, Baron of Bentley Priory ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Air Chief Marshal Dowding - SW19 - 1
This plaque was removed when the house on which it was erected was demolished...
The church that erected the plaque is immediately behind this house, which is also used by the church.
Dulwich Picture Gallery Dulwich Picture Gallery, England's very first public art gallery, was founded in 1811 when Sir Francis Bourgeois ...
London County Council Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 1843-1911, statesman and author, lived here.
At the time gilded lettering incised into granite was a popular technique. We can't say what it was like when new but its legibility has ...
Drapers' Hall On this site, once part of the Augustine Priory, Thomas Cromwell built his palace and in 1536 plotted the downfall of Anne ...
