Plaque | War dead | WW1

George Jarratt VC

Erection date: 5/5/2017

Inscription

{Below an image of a Victoria Cross medal:}
Corporal George Jarratt, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), 3rd May 1917.

Site: Tinworth pillar + G. Jarratt VC (2 memorials)

SE11, Kennington Park Road, Kennington Park

The Jarrett plaque is laid into the tarmac path between this pillar and the Kennington Park air-raid memorial.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
George Jarratt VC

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World War 1

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George Jarratt, VC

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
George Jarratt 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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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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Tinworth pillar

Tinworth pillar

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