Erection date: 11/4/2017
{Beneath a representation of the Victoria Cross medal:}
Lance Corporal Harold Mugford Machine Gun Corps 11th April 1917.
SE16, West Lane
A temporary memorial was unveiled at this site in 1920. The plaque is on the pavement beside the monument.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Harold Mugford VC
Born Harold Sandford Mugford at 149 Keetons Road, Bermondsey. On the 11th Apr...
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Harold Mugford VC
A department of the government of the UK. From Victoria Cross commemorative p...
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Harold Mugford VC
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