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 ...
One-time patron of the Goon Show Preservation Society. On the death of his m...
Arthur Lowe, 1915 - 1982, comedy actor, lived here, 1969 - 1982. The Dead Comics Society
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Londonist gives a deliciously grim description of the process of being hung, drawn and quartered. This plaque gives a contemporary view ...
Novelist, poet, playwright, and politician. Secretary of State for the Colonies 1858-59. Brought up in London. It must have been a dark and stormy night when he met Rosina, who he married in 1827,...
The George The George was founded in 1723 as a coffee house, became Georges Hotel in 1830 and then a public house as it is today. Forme...
On the ground of this court two circles are marked out in the flags, one has the column at the centre, the other is centred on the Lamb B...
Sculptor. Born Yorkshire. Started as an apprentice metal engraver for Mappin & Webb in Sheffield, then went to art school and studied sculpture under Lanteri. Served in WW1 in the Artists Ri...
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