Plaque

(lost) Alliott Verdon Roe - SW18

Erection date: 2011

Inscription

A. V. Roe, 1877 - 1958, aircraft pioneer and designer of AVRO aeroplanes, experimented in stables on this site.
2011
Wandsworth Council

Site: Alliott Verdon Roe - SW18 (1 memorial)

SW18, West Hill, Longstaff Estate

October 2024: Ian Hearfield wrote to say that this plaque has "been missing for some weeks. The mounting holes and the circular dirt surrounding the plaque are still on site." Google historic Street View shows it gone sometime between June and July this year. We've marked it lost. Please let us know if it returns.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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