Plaque

Ambulance Station

Erection date: 2001

Inscription

City of Westminster, 2001.
Station 39 of the London Auxiliary Ambulance Service was located in Weymouth Mews where 200 volunteer ambulance drivers and personnel served, 1939 - 1945.

Site: Ambulance Station (1 memorial)

W1, Weymouth Mews

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Ambulance Station

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London Auxiliary Ambulance Service, station 39

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Westminster City Council

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