Awarded the VC for his heroism on 8 August 1917, age 28, while serving in the Royal Navy. "With his ship under attack from an enemy submarine he continued to man his gun and direct effective fire. For his exceptional gallantry he was selected by the gun crew to receive the award. (Bay of Biscay)". Freemason at: №1428, United Service Lodge.
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Ernest Herbert Pitcher, VC
Commemorated ati
Freemason VCs - W8 - Myles, Neame, Nelson, Pitcher
Edgar Kinghorn Myles, 9 April 1916, Age 21, The Welsh Regiment, Excelsior Lod...
Other Subjects
Second Lieutenant Ernest George Westacott
Ernest George Westacott was born on 1 December 1876, the sixth of the nine children of Thomas Bentley Westacott (1839-1924) and Sarah Rebecca Westacott née Cosby. His birth was registered in 1st qu...
War served, Other war
1 memorial
F. N. B. Bennett
Pilot Officer Frank Norman Bartlett Bennett was born on 30 May 1919, the second of the three sons of Stanley Bartlett Bennett (1885-1966) and Nellie Bennett née Evans (1890-1970). His birth was reg...
War served, WW2
1 memorial
1 memorial
Major-General William Roy
Military engineer, surveyor, antiquary. Born South Lanarkshire. Founder of the Ordnance Survey. 1749-55, one of a team that produced "The Duke of Cumberland's Map", commissioned by George II as ...
Person, Armed Forces, Engineering, History, Science, Scotland
2 memorials
H. W. Cunnington
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
War dead, Other war
1 memorial
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