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Winston Churchill, George VI, Bernard Montgomery, and Dwight D. Eisenhower blue plaque
Winston Churchill · Royal Academician
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“D-Day 6 June 1944, the Normandy landings were planned by General Montgomery and others in St Paul's School, which occupied this site from 1884 to 1968. On 15 May 1944, the final invasion plan was presented to General Eisenhower and senior allied commanders in the school lecture theatre, in the presence of King George VI and the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill”
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1874-1965
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Gate pier, St Paul's Gardens and Open Space, Hammersmith Road
W6
Erected 2009
Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group
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Winston Churchill
Knight of the Order of the Garter, husband of Clementine Churchill, son of Randolph Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, father of Diana Churchill, Royal Academician, Deputy Lieutenant, Privy Counsellor, Companion of Honour, Nobel Literature Laureate, Territorial Decoration recipient, Order of Merit recipient, and Fellow of the Royal Society · (1874-1965)
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)
Bernard Montgomery
Field-Marshal, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, Privy Counsellor, Deputy Lieutenant, Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, and Knight of the Order of the Garter · (1887-1976)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States Army General, Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force, Commander-in-Chief Allied Force, President of the United States, son of David J. Eisenhower, son of Ida Elizabeth Stover Eisenhower, husband of Mamie Eisenhower, father of Doud Eisenhower, and Order of Merit recipient · (1890-1969)
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Gate pier, St Paul's Gardens and Open Space, Hammersmith Road
W6
51.493530, -0.216070
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