Erection date: 16/9/2020
Christine Granville, born Krystyna Skarbek, 1908 - 1952, SOE agent, lived here 1949 - 1952.
English Heritage
W8, Lexham Gardens, 1
Post-WW2 this house in the centre of London’s post-war Polish community was the cheap Shelbourne Hotel, run by the Polish Relief Society.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Christine Granville
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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Christine Granville
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