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Canadians who served in Britain in WW1 & WW2

Countries: Canada

Nearly 1,000,000 Canadians, almost all volunteers, who served in Britain in the two world wars, of which 110,000 died.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Canadians who served in Britain in WW1 & WW2

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Canadian Memorial

Unveiled by the Queen. The Canadian Memorial Foundation website has a colourf...

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Mychael Barratt

Mychael Barratt

Painter and printmaker.  Born Canada c.1960.  Based in London since 1984.  Personal website.

Person, Art, Canada

1 memorial
Nobby Stiles

Nobby Stiles

Football player and manager. Born Norbert Peter Stiles in Collyhurst, Manchester. He played for Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Preston North End and was in the winning England team in the 1966 W...

Person, Sport / Games, Canada

1 memorial
Robert Gordon McHarg III

Robert Gordon McHarg III

Opened the Subway Gallery in 2006.

Person, Art, Museums / Libraries, Canada

1 memorial
Canada Memorial Foundation

Canada Memorial Foundation

The Canada Memorial Foundation has its origins in a Letter to the Editor published in a British newspaper in 1988 suggesting a monument in memory of the contribution of Canadians to World War I and...

Group, Education, Canada

1 memorial
Philip Henry Gosse

Philip Henry Gosse

Zoologist.  Born Worcester.  1827 sailed to Newfoundland where his interest in entomology began.  He also travelled to Alabama and Jamaica studying the local natural sciences, returning to London i...

Person, Religion, Science, Canada, Jamaica, USA

1 memorial

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Herbert Stewart monument

Herbert Stewart monument

SW1, Hans Place

The medallion was sculpted in 1886. Chelsea says: "It appears to be based on a lithograph published in 1885 and held in the National Por...

2 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
Joseph and Mary Knight

Joseph and Mary Knight

From Diocese of Westminster: After 1840 "They planned a Catholic foundation in the parish and purchased, for £5,000, two and a half acres of land which had formerly been the Wellington Cricket Grou...

Group, Philanthropy

1 memorial
Charles II - Sloane Square

Charles II - Sloane Square

SW1, Sloane Square

There seems to be some connection between Nell and this area so we asked the very knowledgeable Dave Walker, the Local Studies Librarian ...

1 subject commemorated, 5 creators
Vice-Admiral, Sir Thomas Boulden Thompson, GCB

Vice-Admiral, Sir Thomas Boulden Thompson, GCB

Naval officer.  Born Kent.  Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital, from November 1816 until his death.  His tomb monument is close to the monument for the Old Burial Ground.  

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
T. J. Jarman
War dead, WW1
1 memorial