Plaque

Clement Attlee - Wandsworth

Erection date: 2009

Inscription

Clement Richard Attlee 1883 - 1967 1st Earl Attlee. Labour Party leader 1935 - 1955, Deputy prime Minister 1942 - 1945, Prime Minister 1945 - 1951. Born and raised in a house on this site. 2009.
Wandsworth Council

Site: Clement Attlee - Wandsworth (1 memorial)

SW15, Portinscale Road, 22 - 32

Attlee's house on this site was number 18.

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

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