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.
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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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Other Subjects
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W. J. Jordan
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
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Richard Alexander
Flight Sergeant Richard Lear Alexander was born on 22 July 1914 in Yellowhead, Kankakee, Illinois, USA, the son of Harry William Alexander (1892-1945) and Ada H. Alexander née Zimmerman (1896-1977)...
War served, WW2
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Field Marshall Earl Alexander of Tunis
Military commander. Born London of Anglo-Irish descent. Served in both world wars. A keen artist (painter and sculptor) as well as a excellent sportsman. We note this because these two attributes a...
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Captain William Mudge
Surveyor. Born Plymouth, godson of Samuel Johnson. Served in South Carolina. 1791 joined the Ordnance Trigonometrical Survey and became its director in 1798. Thus a very important figure in the wor...
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