George VI, Elizabeth II, National Maritime Museum, and Royal Hospital School, London bronze plaque
George VI · King of the United Kingdom
Inscription
“The National Maritime Museum occupying the former buildings of the Greenwich Royal Hospital School was opened on 27 April 1937 by His Majesty King George VI being the first public act of his reign These Galleries were re-opened on 11 May 1999 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II”
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1895-1952
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National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
SE10
Erected 1999
Royal Museums Greenwich
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George VI
husband of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, father of Elizabeth II, King of the United Kingdom, father of Margaret, son of George V, and son of Mary of Teck · (1895-1952)
Elizabeth II
daughter of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, daughter of George VI, Queen of the United Kingdom, mother of Charles III, mother of Andrew, mother of Anne, Princess Royal, and wife of Philip Mountbatten · (1926-2022)
National Maritime Museum
museum · (1937-present)
Royal Hospital School, London
boarding school · (1694-present)
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