Erection date: 17/2/2017
Inscription
{Beneath a representation of a Victoria Cross medal:}
Commander Gordon Campbell, Royal Navy, 17th February 1917.
Site: Croydon war memorial (2 memorials)
CR9, Katharine Street, Clock Tower
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Gordon Campbell VC
Subjects commemorated i
Gordon Campbell, VC
Naval Officer. In the North Atlantic on the 17th February 1917, he was comman...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Gordon Campbell VC
Created by i
Department for Communities and Local Government
A department of the government of the UK. From Victoria Cross commemorative p...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Gordon Campbell VC
Also at this site i
Croydon war memorial
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