Plaque

Major Allan Beckett

Inscription

Major Allan H Beckett MBE RE (1914 - 2005) lived here (1919 - 1939). His engineering designs made the Mulberry Harbour and the D-Day landings of 1944 possible.
London Borough of Newham - Heritage Project

Site: Major Allan Beckett (1 memorial)

E6, Montpelier Gardens, 93

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Major Allan Beckett

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Normandy Landings / D-Day

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Major Allan Beckett

Civil engineer. Born Allan Harry Beckett in East Ham. He designed the 'whale'...

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Mulberry Harbours

Temporary portable harbours developed by the United Kingdom in WW2 for the ra...

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Newham Council

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