Mary Seacole green plaque

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Looking up at 147 George Street today, it's remarkable to think that Mary Seacole made this corner of London her home after returning from her heroic work in the Crimean War. Having faced financial difficulties despite her wartime service, she settled at this address in the late 1850s, finding a qui...

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147 George Street, W1

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Mary Seacole 1805-1881 Jamaican nurse heroine of the Crimean war lived in a house on this site