Erection date: 7/11/2014
{Below an image of a Victoria Cross medal:}
Captain John Vallentin, the South Staffordshire Regiment, 7th November 1914.
SE1, Lambeth Road, St Mary's Gardens
The plaque is laid in the ground, to the right in our photo. The building which now houses the Garden Museum used to be St Mary at Lambeth church. These gardens, in the photo, were created in 1932 as a result of the building of a new Lambeth Bridge.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
John Vallentin VC
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
Born as John Franks Vallentin in the parish of St Mary-at-Lambeth (the church...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
John Vallentin VC
A department of the government of the UK. From Victoria Cross commemorative p...
The actual location of his grave is unknown.
Founded: AD 1549. Rebuilt: AD 1923 The Ship Tavern This tavern was established in the year 1549. During the proscription of the Roma...
Virginia Clarke, one of her former flatmates, assisted with the unveiling of the plaque.
George Bentham, 1800 - 1884, botanist, lived here, 1864 - 1884. Greater London CouncilÂ
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