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Plaque

Officers' Quarters

Inscription

Officers' Quarters
This colonnaded range of buildings was constructed as quarters for naval officers based at the Royal Victoria Victualling Yard. The Yard provisioned the Royal Navy for more than two centuries from 1742.

Site: Royal Victoria Yard / Victualling Yard (4 memorials)

SE8, Grove Street, The Colonnade

Our photo is taken from the east. In the background you can see the inside of the retained arched stone entrance to The Colonnade from Grove Street. The Officers' Quarters plaque is in the colonnade. The two black metal plaques are on the wall to the right.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Officers' Quarters

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Victualling Yard, Deptford

An information board Docklands Heritage Deptford River Walk gives a good ...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Officers' Quarters

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London Docklands Development Corporation

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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Pepys Estate

Pepys Estate

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Royal Victoria Yard war memorial

Royal Victoria Yard war memorial

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Victualling Department Admiralty

Victualling Department Admiralty

{In the belt that surrounds the anchor:} Victualling Department Admiralty Th...

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