Erection date: 1987
Major General Benedict Arnold, American patriot, resided here from 1796 until his death, June 14, 1801.
"American patriot" is a bit rich, for a turncoat. This is where he died.
2014: the US ambassador, no less, is investigating this plaque. And NBC have some answers.
W1, Gloucester Place, 62
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Benedict Arnold
Soldier and traitor. Born Connecticut. In the American War of Independence Ar...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Benedict Arnold
Tenuously connected to Benedict Arnold. From NBC: "An amateur historian, Arn...
Jacqueline du Pre, 1945 - '87, cellist, lived here, 1970 - 1975. Heath and Old Hampstead Society
The plaques are around the driveway entrance under the building to the left in our photo. However, photos at Fitzrovia News make us think...
A musical comedy 'Operation Mincemeat' with a plot based on the WW2 Operation Mincemeat has been performed at the Fortune Theatre since M...
These almshouses were built c.1847 and badly damaged in WW2 which is when the Society vacated them. They are labelled on the map at Marke...
Plaques really should contain enough information to explain their presence at a particular site. This one doesn't so we've done the work...
Armed forces victims of both world wars.
See Musee de la Resistance for more information on this plaque (in French).
Hannah Gordon and Ben Kingsley both appeared in "Anne Frank: The Whole Story" (2001) (TV)
The poetry is from "Auguries of Innocence" by William Blake.For other armillary spheres see Wolff.
Goon and comic actor. Born Portsmouth to a couple of variety entertainers. The family moved to the N6 house when Sellers was 10. He was staying at the Dorchester Hotel when he suffered a heart atta...
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