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Men and women of Greenwich who gave their lives in the two world wars

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People from St John's Church, Wilton Road, lost in WW1 and WW2

People from St John's Church, Wilton Road, lost in WW1 and WW2.

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61st Battery Royal Field Artillery

The brigade originally comprised numbers 193, 194 and 195 Howitzer Batteries, Royal Field Artillery (RFA) and the Brigade Ammunition Column. It took part in the fighting at Potgeiter's Drift and Sp...

Group, Armed Forces, South Africa

Rifle Brigade

Formed initially as the 'Experimental Corps of Riflemen' it became the 'Rifle Corps' and then the '95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles)'.  In 1816 it became the Rifle Brigade.  Unusually the soldiers wor...

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Members of the Rifle Brigade lost in WW1

11,575 officers, warrant officers, non-commissioned officers and riflemen lost in WW1.

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Members of the Rifle Brigade lost in WW2

1,329 officers, warrant officers, non-commissioned officers and riflemen of the corps of the Rifle Brigade who fell in the World War, 1939 - 1945.

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Grasmere Primary School

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East End Maternity Hospital

The splendid Lost Hospitals of London gives a full history.  In summary: Opened as the Mothers' Lying-In Home in Glamis Road, Shadwell. 1889 moved to number 396 Commercial Road and by WW1 it had ex...

Group, Medicine

AC Cars Limited

AC Cars are Britain’s oldest car manufacturers having been producing cars since 1901. Founded by John Weller and John Portwine.  The company name comes from an early model, the Auto Carrier, pictur...

Group, Engineering, Transport

Road Research Laboratory

Established by the British government. During World War II it contributed to the war effort with research that aided the development of plastic armour and the bouncing bomb used in the Dambusters R...

Group, Engineering