This tree was planted to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 1953.
WC2, Victoria Embankment Gardens
There is a third plaque (far right) but it's about some gardening prize which we didn't find sufficiently interesting. During the early part of 2008 all three plaques were renovated and re-laid on identical plinths.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Coronation tree - Embankment Gardens
Queen Elizabeth II.  A London Inheritance's post 2nd June 1953 – Coronation D...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Coronation tree - Embankment Gardens
City of Westminster London Memorial Garden Under these trees people of all ...
This is the millionth tree of the Countryside Commission's Task Force Tree Programme, Following the October 1987 Storm. Planted in April ...
Guite MacKay (Margaret Anderson) 1924 - 1991. A Canadian who loved living in London.
This Whitebeam was planted by the Rt Hon The Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, founder chairman of Westminster Tree Trust to mark the Silver Jubi...
Luke Edwards, 1972 - 1998, undergraduate, graduate, PHD student, 1991 - 1998, dearly loved and honoured.
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