Erection date: 29/8/2018
{Below an image of a Victoria Cross medal:}
Lieutenant Cecil Sewell, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, 29th August 1918.
SE10, Crooms Hill
The plaque is on the pavement immediately below the 'Gloucester Circus' sign. In our photo the middle bollard is crossing it.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Cecil Sewell VC
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Cecil Sewell VC
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