Erection date: 16/9/2020
Christine Granville, born Krystyna Skarbek, 1908 - 1952, SOE agent, lived here 1949 - 1952.
English Heritage
W8, Lexham Gardens, 1
Post-WW2 this house in the centre of London’s post-war Polish community was the cheap Shelbourne Hotel, run by the Polish Relief Society.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Christine Granville
Spies, basically (but see below), working for the UK in WW2. Formed by Church...
Wartime special agent. Britain’s first and longest-serving female WW2 secret ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Christine Granville
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that ma...
{Left hand plaque:} The Nightingale badge awarded between 1925 - 1996. {Central plaque:} The Florence Nightingale Garden This garden cel...
J. R. Ackerley, 1896 - 1967, writer and literary editor, lived here, 1941 - 1967. The Putney Society
Martin Shaw, O.B.E., 1875 - 1958, composer, quiet revolutionary of English music lived here. Lissenden Gardens Tenants Association Awards...
The plaque was first erected on the 2-storey pub that used to be here, the Mitford Castle, formerly the Top O' the Morning, closed in 201...
Nearby Chiswick House was in the Cavendish family, 1758–1929, which explains their association with this church. The church's website sa...
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