Erection date: 21/10/1948
These fountains and the busts against the north wall of the square were erected by Parliament to the memory of Admirals of the Fleet Earl Jellicoe and Earl Beatty to the end that their illustrious services to the state might never be forgotten.
This plaque is just part of the larger memorial.
WC2, Trafalgar Square
Laid in the ground between the two fountains.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Jellicoe & Beatty plaque
Admiral. Born Nantwich. The youngest non-royal to become Rear Admiral since N...
Born Southampton. Commander of the fleet and victor at the Battle of Jutland ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Jellicoe & Beatty plaque
Also known as the Palace of Westminster, it comprises the House of Commons an...
This same building is commemorated at the Charles Dickens home memorial.
PC Dunne was killed in Cato Road (near Clapham North tube) so this memorial is not at the site of his death, where there is another memor...
Both the views depicted on the plaque are "protected". Referring to the view of the river, Country Life explains that "... the 1902 Rich...
The Biblical quotation draws attention to the secrecy which was essential to the success of Operation Mincemeat (the 'watch' being a guar...
Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Stationers who died in WW1. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Second Lieutenant Robert Lancaster was born in 1880, the third son and the sixth ...
Character in a series of stories set in Greyfriars School, originally published in the boys weekly story magazine 'The Magnet'.
Those killed during the Bengali Language Movement demonstrations in 1952. At this time Bangladesh was part of Eastern Pakistan and the rulers of Pakistan were seeking to impose Urdu on the Bengalis...
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