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Alan Jerrard VC

Lewisham war memorial + 6 VCs Alan Jerrard VC

Erection date: 24/3/2018

Inscription

{Beneath an image of a Victoria Cross medal:}
Lieutenant Alan Jerrard Royal Flying Corps 30th March 1918.

Site: Lewisham war memorial + 6 VCs (8 memorials)

SE13, Lewisham High Street

The 6 VC plaques are laid into the ground in front of the monument.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Alan Jerrard VC

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World War 1

We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...

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Flight Lieutenant Alan Jerrard, VC

Aviator. Born at 13 Vicar's Hill, Lewisham. In WW1 he was a lieutenant in No....

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
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Department for Communities and Local Government

A department of the government of the UK. From Victoria Cross commemorative p...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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Clifford Coffin VC

Clifford Coffin VC

The plaque is on the ground near the Lewisham war memorial.

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Lewisham Victoria Cross memorial

Lewisham Victoria Cross memorial

This website gives the name of the recipients of the Victoria Cross from Lewi...

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Lewisham war memorial

Lewisham war memorial

The Lewisham War Memorials website says that the inscription on the main memo...

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Lieutenant Richard Jones VC

Lieutenant Richard Jones VC

The plaque is on the ground near the Lewisham war memorial.

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Major Francis Harvey VC

Major Francis Harvey VC

The plaque is on the ground near the Lewisham war memorial.

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