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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Arthur M. Bailey
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Richard Raymond Willis, VC
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 25 April 1915, age 38, while serving in the Lancashire Fusiliers. "Captain Willis and three companies and the Headquarters of the Battalion were west of Cape Helle...
War served, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Rifleman Arthur Henry Kingston
Arthur Henry Kingston was born on 20 January 1877 in Maida Vale, London, the younger child of Henry Kingston (b.circa 1840) and Sophia Kingston née Francis (b.circa 1841). His birth was registered ...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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A. E. J. Richardson
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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