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Royal Tank Regiment

Categories: Armed Forces

Tanks were first used in combat at Flers, France, on 15th September 1916. Heavy Section and Heavy Branch Machine Gun Corps, the Tank Corps, Royal Tank Corps and Royal Tank Regiment.

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Royal Tank Regiment

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Royal Tank Regiment Memorial

9 foot bronze. The statues represent a crew from a WW2 Comet tank.

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N. F. Spencer

N. F. Spencer

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
H. Dighton

H. Dighton

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Manchester Regiment - Jacobites

Manchester Regiment - Jacobites

Unit of soldiers raised in Manchester during the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion, supporting Charles Stewart against George II.  300 volunteers commanded by Francis Towneley.  They withdrew to Carlisle whi...

Group, Armed Forces

2 memorials
T. Reynolds

T. Reynolds

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
W. H. Mockford

W. H. Mockford

Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.

Person, Armed Forces, South Africa

War dead, Other war
1 memorial

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Pam and Arthur Hudson

Pam and Arthur Hudson

WC1, Brunswick Square

Brian's tree is to the right; Pam and Arthur's to the left.

1 subject commemorated
Eric Gill

Eric Gill

Sculptor. Born Brighton. One of thirteen children of a clergyman, he remained religious all his life. Passionate believer in the "carving direct" method. His sculptures would sometimes depict contr...

Person, Art, Craft / Design, Sculpture

4 memorials
Lockerbie bench - 14 - Royal

Lockerbie bench - 14 - Royal

TW9, Kew Gardens

We have numbered these 17 plaques, anti-clockwise, starting from the plaque for the whole crew which faces the water. Oddly, the last two...

2 subjects commemorated
Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Represents mechanical engineers and the engineering profession. It has over 120,000 members in 140 countries, working across industries such as railway, automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, energy...

Group, Engineering, Science

3 memorials
J. M. Barrie - W2

J. M. Barrie - W2

W2, Bayswater Road, 100, Leinster Corner

Barrie and his wife Mary Ansell lived at Gloucester Road, 1895 - 1904, when they moved here, where they stayed until their divorce in 190...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator