Plaque

Royal Arsenal Gatehouse - Board of Ordnance

Erection date: 1828

Inscription

GR IV

{On the ribbon of the Board of Ordnance badge, their motto:}
Sua tela tonanti

Site: Royal Arsenal Gatehouse (2 memorials)

SE18, Beresford Square

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

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Royal Arsenal Gatehouse - Board of Ordnance

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Royal Arsenal Gatehouse - Board of Ordnance

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Royal Arsenal Gatehouse - reopened

Royal Arsenal Gatehouse - reopened

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