Awarded the VC for his heroism on 23 February 1917, age 36, while serving in the 9th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army. "He crossed a river with eight men, charged an enemy position, then repelled a counter-attack, in spite of wounds they held the position displaying a boldness, determination and great bravery. (Shumran Peninsula, Mesopotamia)". Freemason at: №2939, Siwalik Lodge.
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George Campbell Wheeler, VC
Commemorated ati
Freemason VCs - Z5 - Wheeler, White, Wilcox
George Campbell Wheeler, 23 February 1917, Age 36, 9th Gurkha Rifles, Indian ...
Memorial Gates
Designed by Liam O'Connor as a reduced-scale version of Lutyens' monument at ...
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General Sir Hubert Gough, GCMC, KCB, KCVO
Born Ireland. Senior army officer in WW1, commanding the Fifth Army, not particularly successfully. Died in London.
1 memorial
Leonard C. Bareford
Died aged five years. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this little boy. Leonard Charles Bareford was born in 1912 in Poplar, London, a son of Charles Leonard Bareford and Ethel ...
War dead non-military, WW1
1 memorial
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War dead, WW1
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