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...
Anne Shelton, 1928 - 1994, popular singer and the World War II "Forces' Favourite", lived here. London Borough of Southwark Voted by the ...
The Queen was busy that day in 1869, opening two bridges, the other being Holborn Viaduct.
The plaques are around the station forecourt, either on frames or laid into the pavement. The gold lettering on the marble effect on the ...
The right-most of 3 plaques on the back wall of the garden.
In our photo the plaque can be seen to the left of the four lamps.
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...
We thank our language consultant, David Hopkins, for the translation.
It was a conversion of part of the garret of St Thomas's Church in 1822. The odd location is explained by the fact that it abutted the female surgical ward of St Thomas's. The hospital began to mov...
We've found a number of plaques in a similar and distinctive style around the Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, but we have not been able to determine who erects them. If it's the council they ar...
We missed all the publicity there must have been when this was unveiled in this car park, but, John Prescott - we are impressed. Alan Sta...
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