Awarded the VC for his heroism on 16 August 1917, age 21, while serving in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps. "Enemy machine gun fire from a blockhouse was holding up the battalion’s advance. With four men he rushed forward firing into an opening in the blockhouse. Firing ceased. Seven machine guns and 45 prisoners were captured. (Ypres, Belgium)". Freemason at: №80, St John’s Lodge.
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Edward Cooper, VC
Commemorated ati
Freemason VCs - N4 - Collings-Wells, Cooper, Cruickshank
John Stanhope Collings-Wells, 22-27 March 1918, Aged 37, The Bedfordshire Reg...
Other Subjects
F. Whatman
Member of the staff of A. W. Gamage Ltd and/or Benetfink & Co. Ltd. Killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
S. Hills
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Second Lieutenant George Henry Weinel
George Henry Weinel was born on 24 December 1884, the youngest of the nine children of Philip Jacob Weinel (1843-1902) and Ellen Weinel née Shepperdson (1842-1908). His birth was registered in the ...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
J. Doran
Died serving in WW1. Member of the parish of Saint Olave and Saint John Southwark.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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