Erection date: 17/2/2017
Inscription
{Beneath a representation of a Victoria Cross medal:}
Commander Gordon Campbell, Royal Navy, 17th February 1917.
Site: Croydon war memorial (2 memorials)
CR9, Katharine Street, Clock Tower
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Gordon Campbell VC
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Gordon Campbell, VC
Naval Officer. In the North Atlantic on the 17th February 1917, he was comman...
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Gordon Campbell VC
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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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