Plaque

Stella, Lady Reading

Erection date: 4/7/2017

Inscription

Stella Lady Reading, 1894 - 1971, Founder of the Women's Voluntary Services, worked at its headquarters here 1938 - 1966.
English Heritage

Site: Stella, Lady Reading (1 memorial)

SW1, Tothill Street, 41

This building, now a hotel, was the wartime headquarters of the Women's Voluntary Services.

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

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Women's Voluntary Services

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Stella, Lady Reading

Philanthropist. Born Stella Charnaud in Constantinople (now Istanbul), Turkey...

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