Wealthy businessman living in London, 70 South Audley Street, who introduced the Duke of Windsor to golf. More importantly he initiated the Eagle Squadrons whereby American pilot volunteers could help the Allies in WW2 before America joined. He and his friends paid for the processing, transport and training of the volunteers. Born Pennsylvania. Died Florida but buried in London.
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Charles F. Sweeny
Commemorated ati
Eagle Squadrons
{On the front of the pillar, facing north, into the square, below a carved im...
Other Subjects
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Lord Weatherill
Trustee of The Memorial Gates Trust. Bruce Bernard Weatherill, Baron Weatherill, KStJ, PC, DL, was born on 25 November 1920, the son of Bernard Bruce Weatherill (1883-1962) and Annie Gertrude Weat...
Person, Armed Forces, Commerce, Liveries & Guilds, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
Private Ernest Joseph Nessling
Ernest Joseph Nessling was born on 31 August 1887 in Marylebone, Middlesex (now Greater London), the youngest of the four children of Lewes Charles Nessling (1852-1895) and Maria Nessling, née Cole...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Silvertown firemen
At least two firemen from the Silvertown Fire Station responded to the fire at the TNT factory across the road. They lost their lives when that fire led to the Silvertown Explosion. The plaque refe...
1 memorial
Private William Caswell
William Caswell was born on 26 June 1887 in Kensington, one of the twelve children of George Caswell (1851-1891) and Helenor Caswell née Lorraine (1850-1930). His birth was registered in the 3rd qu...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Leonard Woolf's Ceylon
WC1, Tavistock Square Gardens
We have not followed all the various Sri Lankan lines of research opened up by the rather exotic text on this plaque. The importance of L...
4 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
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