Plaque

Austrian Centre

Erection date: 13/10/2016

Inscription

Home of the Austrian Centre, March 1939 - January 1947, providing support for several thousand refugees in Britain and working for a free and democratic Austria.
Westminster City Council
The Future Fund of the Republic of Austria

The plaque was unveiled by the Austrian Ambassador, Dr. Martin Eichtinger.

Site: Austrian Centre (1 memorial)

W2, Westbourne Tarrace, 124

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

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Austrian Centre

Subjects commemorated i

World War 2

Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...

Read More

Austrian Centre

A social, cultural and political hub for Austrian exiles from the Nazis. The ...

Read More

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Austrian Centre

Created by i

Future Fund of the Republic of Austria

Subsidises projects which foster tolerance and mutual understanding of the su...

Read More

Westminster City Council

The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...

Read More

Nearby Memorials

Royal Crescent - Dun

Royal Crescent - Dun

W11, Royal Crescent

Blue Cantwell to left of gate, round Dun to right.

1 subject commemorated
Bowler plaque - Scissors and Buttons - Brick Lane south

Bowler plaque - Scissors and Buttons - Brick Lane south

E1, Brick Lane

There is meant to be another identical plaque further north in Brick Lane but we cannot find it. This cast-iron roundel, showing buttons ...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Stanisław Sosabowski

Stanisław Sosabowski

W4, St George's Road, 2

{Beneath the Polish coat of arms and beside the emblem of the Polish underground resistance movement:}  Major-General Stanisław Sosabowsk...

3 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
Freemason VCs - W3 - Gee, Gort, Gosling, Grimbaldeston

Freemason VCs - W3 - Gee, Gort, Gosling, Grimbaldeston

WC2, Great Queen Street, Freemasons' Hall

The Freemasons commissioned this memorial to mark the 300th anniversary of The United Grand Lodge of England in 2017 and the centenary of...

War served | WW1
5 subjects commemorated
John Richard Green - W1

John Richard Green - W1

W1, Beaumont Street, 4

From UCL: "In 1909 the LCC put up a memorial tablet, re-set in 1925 when the old house was rebuilt as part of the Duchess Nursing Home. T...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator

Previously viewed

Sir John Miller-Bryson

Sir John Miller-Bryson

Architect active in 1863.

Person, Architecture, Ireland

1 memorial