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American troops in WW2 in London

Countries: USA

During WW2 the US armed forces worshipped at the Grosvenor Chapel and partied at Rainbow Corner.

This seems a good place to mention the searchable on-line honour roll of 28,000 Americans based in Britain who were killed in action in WW2. The actual book was presented by Eisenhower in 1951 and is held in St Paul's American Memorial Chapel, bombed in the war but rebuilt.

In 1972 the American Church moved to Tottenham Court Road into the Whitefield Memorial Church.

For WW1 see: men of the American and Allied Forces in WW1.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
American troops in WW2 in London

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Grosvenor Chapel

In this chapel the armed forces of the United States of America held divine s...

Rainbow Corner

RAINBOW CORNER This plaque is placed here as a tribute to all ranks of the Un...

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American troops in WW2 in London

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GI graffiti on bricks

We have found another example of carved bricks: Emma Bowden.

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T. Parkinson

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

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1

1 memorial

J. T. G. Bates

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

Col. John Meldrum

Listed in the Parliamentary Army in 1642. Fought at Newbury and was probably mortally wounded at the Battle of Brandon (or Cheriton) Heath. Buried Westminster Abbey, 18 April 1644. According to Th...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Scotland

1 memorial

Private Willie John Banson

Willie John Banson and his twin brother, Stanley Arthur Banson (1890-1982), were born on 13 November 1890, the youngest of the five children of Arthur John Banson (1853-1933) and Mary Harriet Banso...

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1

1 memorial

W. Brand

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

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2

1 memorial

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SS Erebus & SS Terror

Lost on the Franklin Expedition to find the North West Passage. See Franklin's page for more details.

Vehicle, Exploring

1 memorial

Joseph Priestley - E5

E5, Lower Clapton Road, 113, 117

The house was demolished in 1880 and we have failed to find a picture of it. At the time this section of street may have been called Cla...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator

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Cuthbert Arthur Brereton

Civil engineer. His many projects include: with Wolfe-Barry, the 1903 Kew Bridge, over the Thames, correctly known as King Edward VII Bridge; his involvement with the construction of the Barry and ...

Person, Engineering

1 memorial