Plaque

Betty Westgate

Erection date: 19/10/2015

Inscription

Betty Westgate MBE, 1919 - 2000, a pioneer and campaigner for breast cancer support and education. Founded Breast Cancer Care from this house in 1973.

Site: Betty Westgate (1 memorial)

CR0, Colworth Road, 1

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.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:
Betty Westgate

Subjects commemorated i

Breast Cancer Care

Charity providing support for women with breast cancer. Founded by Betty West...

Read More

Betty Westgate

Health campaigner. When diagnosed with breast cancer, she was dismayed at the...

Read More

Nearby Memorials

Post Office Railway

Post Office Railway

WC1, Phoenix Place, 15 - 20

'Mail Rail' - Post Office Railway, 1927 - 2003, 6½ mile, 2 ft gauge, driverless underground railway, linking postal sorting offices, and ...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Norland Square railings

Norland Square railings

W11, Norland Square

  This is the second plaque we have found commemorating railings replacement. We are surprised that it has taken so long for this des...

2 subjects commemorated, 3 creators
Church House WC1 - building

Church House WC1 - building

WC1, Wakefield Street, United Reformed Church Trust

The blue plaque is on the site of number 13, now the United Reformed Church Trust’s UK headquarters. The other two plaques are inside, in...

3 subjects commemorated
George Dorrell VC

George Dorrell VC

W8, Kensington Church Street, St Mary Abbots church

The plaque is on the pavement to the left of the war memorial.  More information about the VC plaque project at Centenary News. 

War served | WW1
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Alfonso López-Pumarejo

Alfonso López-Pumarejo

SW1, Wilton Crescent, 33

His excellency Alfonso Lopez-Pumarejo, 1886 - 1959, ambassador to the court of St James's, twice president of the Republic of Colombia, l...

1 subject commemorated