War Memorial Shelters

The War Memorial Shelters are two Grade II listed commemorative shelters in Kensington Gardens, London, about 100m apart, and about 140m east of Kensington Palace, built in about 1919 by the Silver Thimble Fund, to commemorate the Great War, and the soldiers and sailors who fought.[1]

The southernmost War Memorial Shelter, 2016

The seating inside them was removed in 2013, and they were listed in 2014.[1]

References

Media related to War Memorial Shelters at Wikimedia Commons

51.505927°N 0.185755°W / 51.505927; -0.185755


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.