
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Home of Lord Plumer Field-Marshal Herbert Onslow Plumer b.1857 d.1932 Created Viscount 1929 for his great Public services & awarded Freeman of the Borough of Torquay. Interred at Westminster Abbey with full Military Honours. The Plumer Family lived here from 186-1885 when known as 'Malpas Lodge' Recorded plaque organisation: Torbay Civic Society.
Herbert Onslow Plumer was a distinguished British Army officer who played a significant role in World War I, particularly in the Battle of Messines and during the Hundred Days Offensive; his strategic skills and leadership earned him the title Field Marshal and recognition as Viscount Plumer.
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