Awarded the VC for his heroism on 18 August 1919, age 34, while serving in the Royal Navy. "Commanding Coastal Motor Boat №31 he passed into Kronstadt Harbour under heavy machine gun fire, torpedoed the battleship Andrei Pervozvann, and escaped under heavy fire showing conspicuous gallantry and skill. (Kronstadt, Russia)". Freemason at: №2612, Navy Lodge.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Claude Congreve Dobson, VC
Commemorated ati
Freemason VCs - N6 - Dimmer, Dobson, Dorrell
John Henry Stephen Dimmer, 12 November 1914, Age 31, The King’s Royal Rifle C...
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Major General Benedict Arnold
Soldier and traitor. Born Connecticut. In the American War of Independence Arnold started in the American army where he distinguished himself but then defected to the British, Died 62 Gloucester Pl...
Geo. E. Clayton
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
T. Sexton
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
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Newquay House - right
SE11, Newburn Street, Newquay House
You can see the plaques on either side of the arched entrance to the central courtyard, at the centre of which there is what looks like t...
Treatment Rooms 2 - John F. Kennedy
W5, 199 Acton Lane
There is/was an American Graffiti Preservation Society but it seems to be defunct.
Teddington Studios
TW11, Broom Road, Camera House
The first set of plaques erected for these TV stars were replaced with this set, at the riverfront.
J. C. Hillman
Either lost his life, or gave distinguished service to the London Fire Brigade, and was buried in the Highgate Cemetery plot between 1884 and 1955.
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