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
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Freemason VCs - N4 - Collings-Wells, Cooper, Cruickshank
John Stanhope Collings-Wells, 22-27 March 1918, Aged 37, The Bedfordshire Reg...
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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
C. Tapp
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
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War dead, WW1
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Commodity Quay
E1, St Katharine Docks, Commodity Quay
London Docks has many photographs with very useful captions. These make it clear that of the two buildings on the Quay named Commodity Qu...
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