Appeal for war hero memorial to Victoria Cross hero

Campaigners have started an appeal to build a memorial to a London First World War hero.

The statue in Tower Bridge Road in Southwark would be in honour of Albert McKenzie, an able seaman from Bermondsey.

Mr McKenzie was in a raiding party against German heavy guns at the harbour at Zeebrugge in Belgium. Although badly wounded, he led a group of sailors to charge German positions in the raid on St George's Day 1918. He was awarded the Victoria Cross by King George V but died a few months later from influenza.

His great nephew Colin McKenzie is among those involved in the project, with the Belgian Embassy and Royal Navy. He said: "We were brought up hearing his story."