Commemorative plaque, Alexandra Park, Swindon
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Commemorative plaque, Alexandra Park, Swindon
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall Taken: 9 Jun 2008
The plaque is attached to a sarsen stone. The hospital that once stood here took casualties from various theatres of war from 1941 until closure. These theatres are reflected in the road names in the new housing development that has risen in its place. One of the more well-known patients to be treated here was the Welsh guardsman Simon Weston, severely wounded aboard the Sir Galahad in the South Atlantic conflict of 1982. One of the roads is Falklands Road.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.512668
Longitude
-1.768813