Erection date: 1919
{On the panel, facing the Palace:}
Erected by "The Silver Thimble Fund", 1919.
{On the panel, facing the pond:}
In memory of our soldiers who fought in the Great War, 1914 - 1918.
W2, Broad Walk, Kensington Gardens
The person crouching in our photo is an artist, painting Kensington Palace.  See Thimble shelters - north for more information.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Thimble shelters - south
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Thimble shelters - south
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For information about where this plaque has been erected before see Rowland Hill - NW3 - second erection (and stop tittering at the back)...
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