To the honoured memory of Major Matthew Fontaine Maury Meiklejohn, V. C., Gordon Highlanders, killed on duty opposite this spot on June 28th anno domini, 1913.
He gave his life to save others.
SW7, South Carriage Drive, Hyde Park Barracks
Not related to the Meiklejohn story at all: the has a great post about how the horse dung was (possibly still is) removed from the barracks' stables.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Meiklejohn
Gained his VC, and lost his right arm, as a captain in the 2nd Battalion, Gor...
We cannot find what occasion this stone was laid for.
We don't know when the tree was planted but presume it was a sapling at the time. We photographed it in 2013 so anyone who knows their tr...
Our close-up picture is pretty good considering we were on the top deck of a bus at the time. The Victorian scrolls on the shop front ca...
English Heritage George Frederick Bodley, 1827 - 1907, architect, lived here, 1862 - 1873.
What a great plaque. The inscription is inside a laurel wreath, in front of a burning building. A hose snakes from the building, over the...
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