Monument

Lewisham Victoria Cross memorial

Erection date: /5/2015

Inscription

{Beneath a representation of the Victoria Cross medal:}
In honour of the citizens of Lewisham awarded the Victoria Cross for valour.
This memorial was erected 2015 in gratitude by Lewisham veterans in honour of their brave comrades.

This website gives the name of the recipients of the Victoria Cross from Lewisham and nearby areas.

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

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Lewisham Victoria Cross memorial

Subjects commemorated i

Lewisham citizens awarded the Victoria Cross for valour

Group

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Lewisham Victoria Cross memorial

Created by i

Lewisham veterans

Group, Armed Forces

This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Lewisham Victoria Cross memorial

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Alan Jerrard VC

{Beneath an image of a Victoria Cross medal:} Lieutenant Alan Jerrard Royal F...

Clifford Coffin VC

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

Lewisham war memorial

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

Lieutenant Richard Jones VC

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

Major Francis Harvey VC

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

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