Erection date: 2020
Sir Cecil Beaton, 1904 - 1980, photographer and designer, lived and worked here 1940 - 1975.
English Heritage
Unveiled before 5 November 2020.
SW7, Pelham Place, 8
Amongst Beaton's sitters here were: John Osborne, Arthur Miller, Rose Macaulay, Mick Jagger, Patrick Lichfield, Benjamin Britten, Twiggy, Sir William and Lady Walton, Greta Garbo, the Queen Mother, and Gilbert and George.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Cecil Beaton - SW7
Photographer, painter, interior designer and designer for stage and screen. B...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Cecil Beaton - SW7
The first quotation is adapted from 'For the Fallen' by Laurence Binyon The second quotation is adapted from Wilfred Owen's 'Spring Offen...
The plaques are just inside the gates, on the wall behind the pillar. The gravestones littering this park and its name suggest that it us...
This plaque is similar to one that used to be located at the former West Ham United, Boleyn Ground.
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The Hackney Gazette give the unveiling date as 25th but we believe Boris Johnson unveiled the free-standing plaque on the 23rd, and that ...
