Churchill's chief military advisor in WW2. Born (and brought up) in France as Alan Brooke into the Irish aristocracy. Entered the army aged 18 and served in Ireland and India and then in WW1, in France. Married twice, his first wife dying in 1925 in a car crash in which he was driving. In WW2 he was Chief of the Imperial General Staff and then Field Marshal. As a keen ornithologist he was president of the Zoological Society of London 1950 - 1954 and vice-president of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Died at home in Hampshire.
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Field Marshal, First Viscount Alanbrooke
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Alanbrooke statue
{On the front of the plinth:} Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke {Right s...
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D. C. Dudley
Employed at the Holloway tram garage. Served and was killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
G. H. A. Stevenson
R. Navy and 4th Leicester Regt. Fought but did not die in WW1
War served, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
1st Guards
Infantry regiment of the British army. The bearskin on the statue and the fact that they are the most senior regiment of the guards division, indicate that these are almost certainly the Grenadier ...
1 memorial
Major General G. M. G. Swindells
Born Cheshire. National President of The British Korean Veterans Association from 2006. A strong swimmer, but drowned off the coast of Elba while on holiday. Obituary.
1 memorial
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Sir Frederic William Burton
Born County Clare, Ireland. Watercolour painter and art administrator. Appointed director of the National Gallery 1874 and knighted in 1884. Died 43 Argyle Road, Kensington.
1 memorial
Royal Marine Light Infantry
The history of the Royal Marines that were formed on 28 October 1664 and whom are still serving to the present day can be found on their Wikipedia page. In 1804 the Royal Marine Artillery (RMA) w...
Group, Armed Forces, Belgium, China/Hong Kong, Egypt, France, Japan, South Africa, Turkey
1 memorial
WW1 memorial - Richmond Road
E8, Richmond Road, Marsh Court flats
The panel facing the road has no letters left at all, only the holes in which the letters were fixed but from these it is, surprisingly, ...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
St Olav's Church - 1977
SE16, St Olav's Square, St Olav's Church
St Olav's Church was designed by John Love Seaton Dahl. Crown Prince Olav was present at the laying of the foundation stone, 1926, and th...
1 subject commemorated
Herbert R. Wilson
Physicist. Worked on DNA X-ray diffraction studies 1953 at King's College London with Franklin, Gosling, Stokes and Wilkins. Our picture shows, Left to right: Gosling, Wilson, Wilkins, Stokes.
2 memorials