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Sign: London - Liverpool Station - Memorial plaque to Sir Henry Wilson

Address:
Liverpool Street Station (Stop B), London EC2M 2AU, UK
Category:
Monuments and History
City:
London For all manhole covers in London
Country:
United Kingdom For all manhole covers in United Kingdom
Shape:
Rectangle
Material:
Stone, marble …
Placement:
Wall or fence
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On the sign:
B. 1864 D. 1922

TO THE MEMORY OF
FIELD MARSHAL SIR HENRY WILSON BART. GCB, DSO, MP
WHOSE DEATH OCCURRED ON THURSDAY 22ND JUNE 1922
WITHIN TWO HOURS OF HIS UNVEILING THE ADJOINING MEMORIAL.
Photography:
2022
Eli Zvuluny
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Comments:
The plaque commemorates Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, a baronet who at the end of World War I was the Chief of Staff of the British Army.
Wilson inaugurated the commemorative plaque for the martyrs of the First World War that appears above this plaque Click for sign's details.
A few hours after the inauguration of the sign, Wilson was murdered in front of his house by an assassin of the Irish Republican Army.

The memorial wall was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

The list of titles appearing on the sign
G.C.B. - Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
D.SO. - Distinguished Service Order & Bar Military Cross
MP - Member of Parliament


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