Erection date: 30/5/2014
Lt, Henry R. Bowers lived here, 1891 - 1897, perished with Captain Scott in the Antarctic, 1912.
Bexley Civic Society
DA14, Carlton Road, 13
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Henry Robertson Bowers - Sidcup
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