Erection date: 19/11/1981
The Mountbatten Copse
These flowering trees, planted 19 November 1981 by HRH The Prince of Wales KG, Commodore Royal Thames Yacht Club, commemorate Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Commodore 1946 - 1970, Admiral 1970 to 1979.
This memorial was planted just over two years after the violent death of Mountbatten.
SW1, South Carriage Drive
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Mountbatten Copse
Admiral of the Fleet. 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma. Grandson of Queen Victor...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Mountbatten Copse
Oldest royal yacht club in the UK (which raises the question of how many are ...
Patron of the Goon Show Preservation Society. On the death of his mother, Qu...
Greater London Council George Leybourne, "Champagne Charlie", 1842 - 1884, music hall comedian, lived and died here.
The plaque punningly represents "match girls" - very nice. Hanbury Hall is where they met to organise their strikes for better working co...
The piers on either side of the path look like gate-posts but there's no evidence of any gates ever having been attached. Each of the pie...
The Bridge plaque is on the far side of the wall beside the woman's head in our photo. The jubilee plaque is laid into the terrace betwee...
