Major Allan H Beckett MBE RE (1914 - 2005) lived here (1919 - 1939). His engineering designs made the Mulberry Harbour and the D-Day landings of 1944 possible.
London Borough of Newham - Heritage Project
E6, Montpelier Gardens, 93
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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Major Allan Beckett
The landings, also known as Operation Neptune, were the landing operations in...
Civil engineer. Born Allan Harry Beckett in East Ham. He designed the 'whale'...
Temporary portable harbours developed by the United Kingdom in WW2for thera...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Major Allan Beckett
West Ham was merged with parts of Barking and Woolwich to form the London Bor...
English Heritage Madame Marie Tussaud, 1761 - 1850, artist in wax, lived here, 1838 - 1839.
The facade of this building tells the history of the school. Each of the 4 gable ends carries a plaque with a dated event, reading from l...
More information about the creation of the building at The Story of Essex Hall. The foundation stone is below the Essex Street & Ess...
AMDG stands for Ad maiorem Dei gloriam, the Latin motto of the Catholic Jesuits, meaning "For the greater glory of God"
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