General W. Sikorski, prime minister, commander in chief of the Polish forces in the second world war, had his headquarters in this building from 1940 until his tragic death at Gibraltar in 1943.
See Musee de la Resistance for more information on this memorial (in French).
SW1, The Rubens Hotel, Buckingham Palace Road, 39
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Wladyslaw Sikorski - SW1
Prime Minister of the war-time London-based Polish Government and Commander-i...
Florence Keen, 1868 - 1942, founder of North Islington School for Mothers, later Manor Gardens Centre. London Borough of Islington Manor ...
The four plaques are located as follows: To the left of the entrance - 1937 foundation,To the right of the entrance - opened 1940 (can be...
Lord Denman, Lord Chief Justice of England, lived in this house 1816 - 1834, and his son, Rt. Hon. George Denman, a judge of the High Cou...
There were 16 of these open-book style ground plaques, marking the corners of blocks A - D, the 4 main large blocks of buildings in WW2 C...
'OL' stands for 'Old Lyonian'. 'Stet Fortuna Domus' means ' Let the fortune of the house stand'.
