Plaque | War dead | WW1

John Vallentin VC

Erection date: 7/11/2014

Inscription

{Below an image of a Victoria Cross medal:}
Captain John Vallentin, the South Staffordshire Regiment, 7th November 1914.

Site: John Vallentin VC (1 memorial)

SE1, Lambeth Road, St Mary's Gardens

The plaque is laid in the ground, to the right in our photo. The building which now houses the Garden Museum used to be St Mary at Lambeth church. These gardens, in the photo, were created in 1932 as a result of the building of a new Lambeth Bridge.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
John Vallentin VC

Subjects commemorated i

World War 1

We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...

Read More

Captain John Vallentin VC

Born as John Franks Vallentin in the parish of St Mary-at-Lambeth (the church...

Read More

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
John Vallentin VC

Created by i

Department for Communities and Local Government

A department of the government of the UK. From Victoria Cross commemorative p...

Read More

Nearby Memorials

First synagogue after resettlement

First synagogue after resettlement

EC3, Creechurch Lane

Sure looks like a City of London plaque but the text around the edge is different. We're guessing that the Congregation funded the plaque...

2 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
Bessborough Gardens - Thomas Cubitt

Bessborough Gardens - Thomas Cubitt

SW1, Bessborough Gardens, 1

The plaques are in the porch behind the pillars that you can see in our photo, Cubitt on the left, Prince of Wales on the right. The (20...

1 subject commemorated
Charles X

Charles X

W1, South Audley Street, 72

English Heritage Charles X, 1757 - 1836, last Bourbon King of France, lived here, 1805 - 1814.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Highgate Cemetery - Fire - L12 - Power

Highgate Cemetery - Fire - L12 - Power

N6, Swain's Lane, Highgate Cemetery

The plot consists of 36 graves acquired by the London Fire Brigade Widows and Orphans Fund (founded in1882 by Massey Shaw, who, probably ...

1 subject commemorated
Frank de Pass VC

Frank de Pass VC

SW1, Victoria Embankment, Victoria Embankment Gardens

Reading right to left: De Pass; Rhodes-Moorhouse; Keysor; Campbell; Dunville; Colyer-Fergusson; Hewitt; Elliott-Cooper; Watson; Drummond;...

War dead | WW1
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator