Oranjehaven
This building served as a club endowed in 1942 by Her Majesty Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands for Dutchmen having escaped from their occupied country to join the Allied Forces.
W2, Hyde Park Place, 23
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Oranjehaven
A club for Dutchmen who had escaped their occupied country to join the Allied...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Oranjehaven
Queen (in her own right) of the Netherlands 1890 - 1948, the longest reign of...
Miss Rose 1966 Quae in hac æde regnabat et nunc et æternum regnat in cordibus nostrum. {Latin: She ruled in this house and rules now an...
The plaque punningly represents "match girls" - very nice. Hanbury Hall is where they met to organise their strikes for better working co...
We thank our colleague for spotting and snapping this on a recent visit to the ENO. It's located on the landing by the dress circle bar.
Sir John Summerson, 1904 - 1992, architectural historian lived here from 1949 until his death. English HeritageÂ
The top of the plaque can just be seen in our photo, to the right of the left-most yellow cone. From Earsathome: Dockwra and his partner...
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