Plaque

Seacole - George Street

Inscription

City of Westminster
Mary Seacole, 1805 - 1881, Jamaican nurse, heroine of the Crimean War, lived in a house on this site.
The Portman Estate

W1, George Street, 147

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Seacole - George Street

War between Russia and an alliance of France, Germany, Britain, Turkey and th...

Jamaican nurse, heroine of the Crimean War. That's the standard depiction of ...

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Seacole - George Street

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The round plaque is on the wall under the main entrance canopy, high up, near the first "E" of Empire. The three brass plaques are in the...

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{Beneath a representation of a Victoria Cross medal:} Commander Gordon Campbell, Royal Navy, 17th February 1917.

War served | WW1
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From an information board in the square: "Lord Asquith, who is better known as Mr Asquith, lived on the west side of Cavendish Square at ...

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