Plaque | War dead, War served | WW1, WW2, Other war

Wandsworth VCs and GCs

Erection date: 2014

Inscription

In commemoration of those recipients of the George Cross or Victoria Cross who were born, lived, studied, worked or died in the borough of Wandsworth and its predecessor authorities.

{Below an image of the George Cross:}
For Gallantry

{Below an image of the Victoria Cross:}
For Valour

{A list of 20 names in surname alphabetical sequence. See Subjects commemorated.}

Site: Wandsworth VCs and GCs (5 memorials)

SW18, Fairfield Street, front garden

These plaques are to the north of the fountain in the front garden of Wandsworth Town Hall, on Fairfield Street. The time capsule stone is just outside our photo, to the lower right. Other plaques around this fountain can be found here.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Wandsworth VCs and GCs

Subjects commemorated i

Ernest Wright Alexander, VC

Major in the Royal Field Artillery. Awarded the Victoria Cross for his action...

Read More

Lieutenant George Albert Cairns, VC

Victoria Cross. Somerset Light Infantry attached 1bn the South Staffordshire ...

Read More

Michael Patrick Campion, GC

Born in Dublin. He enlisted in the Royal Air Force, becoming a leading aircra...

Read More

James Collis, VC

Gunner in the Royal Horse Artillery. Awarded the Victoria Cross for his actio...

Read More

Matthew Charles Dixon, VC

Captain in the Royal Regiment of Artillery. Awarded the Victoria Cross for br...

Read More

Show all 20

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Wandsworth VCs and GCs

Created by i

Wandsworth Council

London borough. Formed from the former Metropolitan Borough of Battersea and ...

Read More

This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Wandsworth VCs and GCs

Also at this site i

Arthur Lascelles VC

Arthur Lascelles VC

{Beneath a representation of the Victoria Cross medal:} Captain Arthur Lascel...

Read More

Edward Foster, VC

Edward Foster, VC

{Beneath a representation of the Victoria Cross medal:} Corporal Edward Foste...

Read More

Reginald Haine VC

Reginald Haine VC

{Beneath a representation of the Victoria Cross medal:} Second Lieutenant Reg...

Read More

Wandsworth time capsule

Wandsworth time capsule

In 1899 the Battersea Vestry became the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea.

Read More

Nearby Memorials

St Benet and All Saints - building

St Benet and All Saints - building

NW5, Lupton Street, St Benet and All Saints

AMDG stands for “Ad maiorem Dei gloriam”, the Latin motto of the Catholic Jesuits, meaning "For the greater glory of God". All Saints' E...

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Freemason VCs - W3 - Gee, Gort, Gosling, Grimbaldeston

Freemason VCs - W3 - Gee, Gort, Gosling, Grimbaldeston

WC2, Great Queen Street, Freemasons' Hall

The Freemasons commissioned this memorial to mark the 300th anniversary of The United Grand Lodge of England in 2017 and the centenary of...

War served | WW1
5 subjects commemorated
Swedish Church - W1

Swedish Church - W1

W1, Harcourt Street, Swedish Church

The referenced psalm includes some words that make it appropriate for travellers, but of the female gender, which seems odd for sailors: ...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Spanish and Portuguese Jews - 1

Spanish and Portuguese Jews - 1

E1, Mile End Road, 253, Albert Stern House

Built as a hospital and old people’s home. The facade is in the style of an early 18th century house but it was built 1912-13, by Castell...

4 subjects commemorated
Sir John Gurney

Sir John Gurney

EC4, Church Court

We are indebted to Rosemary Jeffreys for the translation from the Latin. The business about "the south part being his own" is partly expl...

1 subject commemorated

Previously viewed

Nigel Gresley statue

Nigel Gresley statue

N1, King's Cross Station, King's Cross Station

Our photo shows the statue shortly after unveiling, with only a temporary notice. By February 2017 this had been replaced with a plaque. ...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
members of the Polytechnic lost in WW1 and WW2

members of the Polytechnic lost in WW1 and WW2

Was the Regent Street Polytechnic, now the University of Westminster.

Group

1 memorial
Fireman Colin Comber

Fireman Colin Comber

Called to attend a fire in a restaurant in the King’s Road, Chelsea, he entered the building in breathing apparatus, along with his colleague Fireman Peter Brian O'Connell Hutchins, to locate the s...

Person, Emergency Services, Tragedy

2 memorials
Lord Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

Lord Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

Conservative Prime Minister: 1885-6; 1886-92; 1895-1902. Too many names: Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil. Also known as Lord Robert Cecil (before 1865), and Viscount Cranborne (1865-1868). Born...

Person, Politics & Administration

3 memorials
Sir Giles Gilbert Scott - W2

Sir Giles Gilbert Scott - W2

W2, Clarendon Place, Chester House

Designed for himself by Scott, this neo-Georgian building won the 1928 RIBA architectural medal, displayed at the centre of the first flo...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator