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W. B. Smith

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War served, WW1 i

Commemorated on a memorial as having served in, and survived, WW1.

W. B. Smith
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

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W. B. Smith

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South Suburban Gas Company war memorial

The monument, designed by Sydney March, is grade II Listed. Prior to 2012 Goo...

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Watch-house in Giltspur Street

Watch-house in Giltspur Street

A watch house was an early form of local police station but we've heard it said that this particular watch-house did at one time shelter the guards charged with preventing grave-robbing in the St S...

Building, Armed Forces

1 memorial
Robert Gee, VC

Robert Gee, VC

Awarded the VC for his heroism on 30 November 1917, age 41, while serving in the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). "Most conspicuous bravery, initiative and determination. When brigade HQ ...

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Battle of Arnhem

Battle of Arnhem

In WW2, during Operation Market Garden, the British 1st Airborne Division and the Poish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade were given the task of securing the bridge at Arnhem. They were parachuted ...

Event, Armed Forces, Netherlands

1 memorial
Rear-Admiral, Sir Henry Hart, KCH

Rear-Admiral, Sir Henry Hart, KCH

Naval officer.  Born Sussex. Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital.  See Indefatigable for more information, but one paragraph there is particularly relevant to Greenwich Hospital: "Following his reti...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
J. C. F. Jones

J. C. F. Jones

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial