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...
Site of the Blacksmiths' Hall 1668 - 1785. Corporation of London
The mosaic on the path depicts the leaves of the different trees in the immediate area, with the text "Where We Live 2003" but it does no...
The small (6") brass pavement plaque is just to the north of the main memorial.
This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...
