Mary Seacole blue plaque

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Looking up at this elegant Soho Square townhouse, it's remarkable to think that Mary Seacole found refuge here after returning from the Crimean War, where she had earned fame for her brave nursing of British soldiers. Though she arrived back in London nearly destitute in 1856, despite her celebrated...

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14 Soho Square, Westminster, W1

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Mary Seacole 1805-1881 Jamaican nurse heroine of the Crimean War lived here