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
Site: Seacole - George Street (1 memorial)
W1, George Street, 147
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Seacole - George Street
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Crimean War
War between Russia and an alliance of France, Germany, Britain, Turkey and th...
Mary Seacole
Jamaican nurse, heroine of the Crimean War. That's the standard depiction of ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Seacole - George Street
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Portman Estate
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Westminster City Council
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