Person    | Male  Born 7/1/1883  Died 12/6/1963

Admiral Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham

Categories: Armed Forces

Countries: Ireland

Born Dublin. Known as ABC in the Navy. Naval Commander-in-Chief in the Med until 1942, first Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff by the end of the war. Managed the evacuation of Crete when the Germans re-took the island in 1941.
Died on the way to St Thomas's Hospital, after attending the House of Lords.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Admiral Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham

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Cunningham bust

Unveiled by Prince Philip in 1967. Inside the bust there is a ½ pint Guinness...

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Admiral Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham

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Lincoln's Inn war memorial

We have never seen so many Cecils, Cyrils and Cuthberts on a war memorial, le...

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West Ham Pals

West Ham Pals

The 13th Battalion (West Ham) of the Essex Regiment, raised by the mayor of the borough. Volunteers from all over east London answered the call, leaving their families, jobs and their favourite foo...

Group, Armed Forces, Sport / Games, Belgium, France

2 memorials
G. L. Hood

G. L. Hood

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

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Major General, Lord Cheylesmore

Major General, Lord Cheylesmore

Herbert Francis Eaton, 3rd Baron Cheylesmore.  Born London.  Chairman of the London County Council, 1912-13. Soldier in WW1, specialising in court-martials. Died in hospital at Englefield Green, fr...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

3 memorials
C. Boocock

C. Boocock

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

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
J. Herratt

J. Herratt

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

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial

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Toc H

Toc H

International Christian movement. Named after Talbot House, using the army's signaling code for "T". Founded by Tubby Clayton.

Group, Philanthropy, Religion

1 memorial
Sir Cuthbert Lowell Ackroyd
1 memorial
Charles II statue - Soho Square

Charles II statue - Soho Square

W1, Soho Square

Erected in the King's lifetime - see Fenner Brockway for our list of other such statues. The statue once belonged to W. S. Gilbert and w...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Whiskey-A-Go-Go Club

Whiskey-A-Go-Go Club

Former nightclub. It opened in the 1970s (or 1959 - see below), in the premises once occupied by the Flamingo Club. The name was adapted from the 'Whiskey a Go Go' club in Hollywood.  We know nothi...

Place, Music / songs

1 memorial
Pepys - Stew Lane

Pepys - Stew Lane

EC4, Stew Lane

This page of Pepys' Diary is given at The Diary of Samuel Pepys with lots of explanatory links.

9 subjects commemorated, 2 creators