In loving memory of Greta Gynt, 1916 - 2000.
W2, Hyde Park
This is one of the many benches on the north side of the path between the rose garden and the Serpentine cafe. Our thanks to Cathy and Geoff for telling us about the bench.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Greta Gynt bench
Actor. Born as Margrethe Woxholt in Oslo, Norway. Was in Britain aged 5 but b...
Most of the text is professionally carved but 'Davey' is less skillful. Something about this memorial makes us think that Davey was a pet.
The translation is provided by our language consultant, David Hopkins. He points out some abbreviations, Anglicisations and errors but c...
Made of beaten copper. War-damaged in 1944 it was restored and re-erected in 1950.
A nearby information board gives a good history of the Embankment: The first person to suggest a river embankment was Sir Christopher Wr...
The poem was apparently written soon after the memorial was completed. Photo of the engraving. The “ML, 7 April 1952” is probably the f...
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