Name on one of the main panels of the East Ham WW1 memorial.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
A. J. D. Williams
Commemorated ati
East Ham war memorial
This is a substantial monument, often described, understandably, as a cenotap...
Other Subjects
Sir Harold Gillies
Pioneer plastic surgeon. Born Dunedin, New Zealand. Came to England as a student at Cambridge and qualified as a surgeon in 1910. The two world wars provided him with the inspiration (and the patie...
John Elisha Grimshaw, VC
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 25 April 1915, age 22, while serving in the Lancashire Fusiliers. "One of the six VCs awarded before breakfast on 25 4 1915. Selected by his comrades as one of the...
John Maxwell Edmonds
Poet and classical scholar. Born Gloucestershire. Died Cambridge. In 1918-9 he published a few epitaphs for use on graves and memorials, including: When you go home, tell them of us and say, Fo...
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