Erection date: 20/9/2017
{Beneath a representation of the Victoria Cross medal:}
Sergeant William Burman, Rifle Brigade, 20th September 1917
Unveiled by the Mayor of Tower Hamlets and a Rifles contingent of ten.
E1, Arbour Square, Arbour Square Garden
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
William Burman VC
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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
William Burman VC
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William Booth Scott was born on 18 August 1822 in Hammersmith, the son of John James Scott (1789-1860) and Sophie Scott née Germaine (1791-1850). He married Emily Murley Porter (1825-1901), the ma...
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