This home for nurses, the gift of the British War Relief Society of America and other friends of King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers, was opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother on November 21st 1957.
{Above the text the letters ‘E' and ‘R' entwine around ‘VII'}.
W1, Beaumont Street, Agnes Keyser House
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Nurses' home
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Nurses' home
In 1923 Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (descended from the Royal House of Scotland...
Camille Pissarro (1830 - 1903) French impressionist, stayed here in 1892.
Otto Schiff, CBE, 1875 - 1952, founder and director of the Jewish Refugees Committee, which was based here, 1933 - 1939. Erected by The A...
English Heritage John Groom, 1845 - 1919, philanthropist, who founded workshops for disabled girls nearby, lived here.
The plaques are on the stone pillars either side of the entrance; plaque 1 to the left in our photo and plaque 2 to the right. The stran...
Victorian London has a wonderful contemporary description of the ice pit. In 1895 this Gatti ice house was taken over by a toy manufactur...
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