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City plaquesPlymouth City Plaques - 2015
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| -4.161144 | 50.363099 | Admiral Sir T M Hardy (1769-1839) | Durnford Street. To the right of the door at No.156. | HERE / REPUTEDLY LIVED / ADMIRAL SIR T.M. HARDY / CART.. C.C.B.. BORN 1769 / CAPTAIN OF THE FLEET / AT TRAFALGAR 1805 / AND WITNESS TO NELSON'S / IMMORTAL DYING WORDS / ABOARD H.M.S. VICTORY / "KISS ME HARDY" / FIRST SEA LORD 1830-1834 / GOVERNOR / GREENWICH HOSPITAL / 1834 / DIED 1839 // | https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/kMEGE1btp5Pno1g1h45Ps5dTnCp2sn_X5JskmWFxwSqP0ZMMEm1dwSZONMIeEa7jB2rxTKAjPoEHuzx59ijG9mghaLXGnsD6WSaOkvq1fEOHTg |
| -4.133741 | 50.37078 | Bretonside - French Raid (1403) | Mayflower House, Bretonside. On wall on corner of building, at junction with Bretonside and Hawkers Avenue. | THE NAME / "BRITON SIDE" / COMMEMORATES THE / INVASION OF PLYMOUHT / ON ST LAWRENCE DAY, 1403 / UNDER THE / SIEUR DU CHASTEL. / SIX HUNDRED HOUSES WERE / BURNT IN THIS VICINITY, BUT / THE TOWNSMEN FINALLY / REPULSED HE INVADERS / WITH GREAT LOSS. | https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/cGoqxKDQtrnUCzw-11SmB-Ikp7aInbPZm6bXuOZ8nvP0unlyb-DLPMjrJ7eQudo63paiAjO6l6LiGSfhtGFDtuyM6s_1PaPTJmlEuTMy0QaHdw |
| -4.154082 | 50.402445 | Chard, Lt. J R M (1847 - 1897) - Rorke's Drift | Kitto Sports Centre. Walk from car park, past entrance to centre (on left). Plaque high up on wall. | LT. J R M CHARD V.C. / ROYAL ENGINEERS / 21.12.1847 - 1.11.1897 / THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES / THE BIRTHPLACE OF/ LT. CHARD. / THE HERO OF THE DEFENCE / OF RORKE'S DRIFT BY / 104 MEN AGAINST THE / ONSLAUGHT OF 4000 / ZULU WARRIORS ON THE / 22ND JANUARY 1879 // | https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/ABMKRJBJsL24HgbiA_7ktkFlC6_k-fTCE_pFubig5nn0Ai7d5TG6Cucn3U20syDV9RtMPrtAf4MthURRAg5WMDuOcKVGEIXM2qATpuXfQmgvbA |
| -4.176567 | 50.412953 | Drake, Sir Francis - married at St. Budeaux Church | The Green, Crownhill Road. On left side of gate into Church. | ST BUDEAUX CHURCH/CONSTRUCTED / IN 1563 AND CONTAINING / RELICS FROM THE PREVIOUS / CHAPEL BUILT BEFORE 1066./ IN 1569 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE / HERE MARRIED MARY NEWMAN./ THE SITE OF TWO BATTLES DURING / THE CIVIL WAR WHEN THE CHURCH / WAS ALMOST DESTROYED./ RESTORED IN 1653 // | https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/A52MSRiKEhLbkLqNEs57EmFjTa_YmthUYmA7F1O8PyUDBhlz174Nis4AeTposTqTbn7lG4VpM8-aUeTuu4Fe4WSlqV3NGWzlAaKfPthTAfiktQ |