Erection date: /8/2014
{Beneath an image of a Victoria Cross medal:}
Driver Job Drain, Royal Field Artillery, 26th August 1914.
IG11, Broadway, Outside Broadway Theatre
At first sight one would think this statue was created shortly after WW1 rather than in 2009.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Job Drain VC
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Job Drain VC
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