Erection date: 7/11/2014
{Below an image of a Victoria Cross medal:}
Captain John Vallentin, the South Staffordshire Regiment, 7th November 1914.
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.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
John Vallentin VC
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
Born as John Franks Vallentin in the parish of St Mary-at-Lambeth (the church...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
John Vallentin VC
A department of the government of the UK. From Victoria Cross commemorative p...
Brunel's engine house The tunnel shaft and pumping house for Marc Brunel's tunnel was constructed between 1825 and 1843. This was the fir...
The names are grouped by brief company identifier, which we’ve recognised as follows: B&S - Butterfield & Swire CN Co - China N...
This building faces onto the central courtyard.
The plaque is at the base of the tower. Our colleague Andrew Behan, has researched all the names on the memorial. A history time line of...
John William Waterhouse, 1849 - 1917, painter, lived here, 1900-1917. English Heritage
