Erection date: 31/7/2017
{Beneath an image of a Victoria Cross medal:}
Brigadier General Clifford Coffin Royal Engineers 31st July 1917.
The plaque is on the ground near the Lewisham war memorial.
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:
Clifford Coffin VC
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
Born in Blackheath. On 31st July 1917, he was 47 years old and a temporary br...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Clifford Coffin VC
A department of the government of the UK. From Victoria Cross commemorative p...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Clifford Coffin VC
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