Erection date: 17/7/1930
{On the large stone plaque at the centre of this sombre memorial:}
Major-General Lord Cheylesmore, GBE, KCMG, KCMO, Grenadier Guards. Born 1848. Died 1925. Soldier, administrator, philanthropist and steadfast friend.
WC2, Victoria Embankment Gardens
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Lord Cheylesmore
Herbert Francis Eaton, 3rd Baron Cheylesmore. Born London. Chairman of the ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Lord Cheylesmore
Duke of Connaught and Strathearn. Third son of Queen Victoria. After WW1 if y...
Architect. Born at 16 Onslow Square. Specialised in English country houses. C...
The names are grouped by department: General Office, Coaching Department, Good Department, Engineers Department, Outdoor Locomotive Depar...
Prior to WW2 this crescent was occupied by a landscaped garden and was quite a swanky address. Ornamental Passions has an article on the...
We have never seen so many Cecils, Cyrils and Cuthberts on a war memorial, let alone Jocelyns, Joyces and Evelyns - and we don't think th...
Seamus Heaney unveiled the plaque and performed at a poetry reading later in Stratford Town Hall as part of the celebrations for the 150t...
