Erection date: 14/12/2018
Inscription
Charlotte Despard (1844 - 1939), suffragette, socialist, pacifist, Irish nationalist. She donated this building to Battersea Labour.
Battersea Labour Party
From : this was unveiled "exactly one hundred years after the date when she stood as the Labour Party candidate in North Battersea in the 1918 general election." That site has some splendid photos of Despard in her still-battling old age.
Site: Charlotte Despard (1 memorial)
SW11, 177 Lavender Hill, 177, Battersea Labour Party HQ
This building has been the Battersea Labour Party HQ since 1923. We thank Alan Patient for providing the photographs.
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