London unit which served in WW1 where it lost 1,022 soldiers. More information at Stepping Forward London.
It's Wikipedia page shows how it was formed in 1908, gives details of its service during WW1 and how in 1922 it became the 17th London Regiment (Poplar and Stepney Rifles).
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
17th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Poplar and Stepney Rifles)
Designed by Aston Webb with figures by Alfred Drury. The Duke of York who un...
Poplar & Stepney Rifles Site of the Drill Hall (1860 - 1907) of 26th Midd...
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
Frederick George Gatward was born on 20 March 1890 in Bromley-by-Bow, London, the eldest of the eight children of George Frederick Gatward (1868-1922) and Sarah Gatward née Impey (1872-1943). His b...
Novelist. Born Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire. Pen name of Mary Ann (or Marian) Evans. Spent her first 21 years on a farm, now (2015) the Griff House Beefeater Grill restaurant on the Coventry Road...
The surname was actually Jarman, and the woman that Mrs Jarman tried to save was not her mother, but her mother-in-law.
The bookseller and author who, in 1763, introduced Dr Samuel Johnson to James Boswell at his house in Russell Street. He took to bookselling after failing as an actor.
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1852-54.
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