Erection date: 31/7/2017
{Beneath an image of a Victoria Cross medal:}
Brigadier General Clifford Coffin Royal Engineers 31st July 1917.
The plaque is on the ground near the Lewisham war memorial.
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
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Clifford Coffin VC
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Clifford Coffin VC
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