Awarded the VC for his heroism on 25-26 August 1914, age 27, while serving in the Coldstream Guards. "Positioned in a farm yard, enemy fire ignited a straw stack. Under heavy fire he put out the blaze. Subsequently, although wounded in the head, he continued to fight showing conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty. (Landrecies and Villers-Cotterêts, France)". Freemason at: №119, Sun, Square and Compasses Lodge.
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George Harry Wyatt, VC
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Freemason VCs - Z6 - Willis, Wood, Wyatt
Richard Raymond Willis, 25 April 1915, Age 38, The Lancashire Fusiliers, Lodg...
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Robert William Johnson
Robert William Johnson was born on 9 February 1882 in Dalton-le-Dale, Easington, County Durham, the son and the second child of Robert Johnson and Rachel Johnson née Carr. His father was a brick-ma...
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Lieutenant Gerald Maurice Clive Toft
Resident of Golders Green killed serving in WW2. Gerald Maurice Clive Toft was born in 1923, the elder son of Edmund Toft (1894-1941) and Violette Maud Hélène Toft née Duché (1895-1966). His birth...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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Ewer Street bomb shelter
SE1, Ewer Street
We found each of these civilian casualties in the CWGC database and the make up is interesting: two children (aged 12 and 16); 12 women; ...
Civilian war dead | WW2
23 subjects commemorated
23 subjects commemorated
Frederick Denison Maurice
John Frederick Denison Maurice was born 29 August 1805 in Normanston near Lowestoft. He was the founder of the Working Men's College and an organizer of the Christian Socialist movement. He died,...
1 memorial
Hy. A. Bartlett
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
J. Dempsey
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
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