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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Royal Military Asylum / Duke of York's Royal Military School
From RBKC document: "...the Royal Military Asylum for the Children of Soldiers of the Regular Army, which opened in 1803. Most of the thousand or so children were orphans; others had fathers servin...
1 memorial
Rifleman Herbert Allatson Heavingham
Herbert Allatson Heavingham was born in 1894 in Saxmundham, Suffolk, the second of the three children of Herbert Edward Heavingham (1867-1942) and Christianna Heavingham née Taylor (1867-1943). His...
War dead, WW1
2 memorials
Major-General Thomas Harrison
Executed for regicide. In the civil war he fought on the side of Parliament against King Charles I. Close to Cromwell, he was elected to the Long Parliament, sat as a judge in the King's trial and...
1 memorial
Admiral Arthur Phillip
Founder and first governor of Australia. Born in the ward of Bread Street. Entered the Royal Navy 1753. In 1787 he led a fleet of 11 ships, with a complement of four companies of marines as well a...
1 memorial
S. Saunders
Employed at the Holloway tram garage. Served and was killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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War dead, Other war
1 memorial
Amizur Shapira
Long jumper and sprinter. Also called Amitzur. Born in Israel. He was the head coach for the Israeli track and field team for the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. He was murdered by Palestinian terror...
1 memorial
Frederick Crane
A parishioner or member of the congregation of St Matthias, N16, who died in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
William Rhodes
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
A. Yeatman & Sons
Funeral directors based in West Norwood mostly known for monumental masonry, taken over by Smiths of Southwark. The picture source website has an interesting page about the history of their busine...
1 memorial
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