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Gallery: Kent Miscellaneous
Unveiling of the Percy Gordon Plaque, Rochester, 1912
@iamtimbo / 8 years ago / 3009 views / comments
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This image shows the unveiling of a plaque to commemorate the death of Percy Henry Gordon, who died whilst rescuing a girl from drowning in the nearby River Medway.
The plaque still survives, and reads:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY
LOCAL PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION TO RECORD THE HEROISM OF
PERCY HENRY GORDON
OF BERMONDSEY, LONDON, WHO WHILE VISITING THIS
CITY ON GOOD FRIDAY APRIL 5TH 1912 LOST HIS LIFE
IN BRAVELY RESCUING A LITTLE GIRL FROM DROWNING
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
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