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USAAF - European HQ

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The HQ of the United States Army Air Forces moved from London to Camp Griffiss in Bushy Park and then, following the success of D-Day, to France.

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
USAAF - European HQ

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Camp Griffiss, Block A, NE corner

{On the left side:} This is the site of the north east corner of "A" block, C...

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Camp Griffiss, Block A, NW corner

{On the left side:} This is the site of the north west corner of “A” block, C...

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Camp Griffiss, Block A, SE corner

{On the left side:} This is the site of the south east corner of “A” block, C...

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Camp Griffiss, Block A, SW corner

{On the left side:} This is the site of the south west corner of “A” block, C...

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Camp Griffiss, Block B, NE corner

{On the left side:} This is the site of the north east corner of "B" block, C...

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Robert Baden-Powell

Robert Baden-Powell

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Sir M. D. Assheton-Smith

Sir M. D. Assheton-Smith

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1 memorial
Arthur Herbert Procter, VC

Arthur Herbert Procter, VC

Awarded the VC for his heroism on 4 June 1916, age 25, while serving in the King’s (Liverpool Regiment). "Seeing wounded men in front of him, he left the trenches and under heavy fire dressed their...

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1 memorial
Lieutenant Edmund William Baldwyn Childe-Pemberton

Lieutenant Edmund William Baldwyn Childe-Pemberton

Edmund William Baldwyn Childe-Pemberton was born on 21 July 1895 in London, the elder son of William Shakespeare Childe Pemberton (1857-1924) and Lady Constance Lucy Violet Childe-Pemberton née Bli...

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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Samuel Lloyd Howard, DL, JP

Samuel Lloyd Howard, DL, JP

1883, Trustee of Lopping Hall, Loughton. Born Tottenham. Died Menton, France. From "Photographic pedigree of the descendants of Isaac and Rachel Wilson" (1912) via Flickr: "Samuel Lloyd Howard, of...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, France

1 memorial