Horatio Toddenham and Queen Hotel, Aldershot bronze plaque

This bronze commemorative plaque records: This three story Grade II listed building was first licensed in 1857 and was named after Queen Victoria, who regularly visited the town. The historic inn was built to serve the fast-growing army town and stood opposite the main gate of the cavalry barracks (since replaced by Westgate Leisure Park). In its formative years, the Queen Hotel was run by Horatio Toddenham and his wife, Hannah. It is the only local inn to have survived from the early Victorian era. Recorded plaque organisation: J. D. Wetherspoon.

Horatio Toddenham managed the Queen Hotel in Aldershot during its formative years in the mid-19th century, a period of significant military and urban growth; the hotel, one of the few surviving from the early Victorian era, has served as a vital social hub for the town's military community.