Erection date: 2000
Inscription
Will Hay, 1888 - 1949, comic actor and astronomer, lived here, 1927 - 1934.
English Heritage
Site: Will Hay (1 memorial)
SW16, The Chase, 45
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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