Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
George William Bates
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Willesden Boer War memorial
In 1997 someone saw this plaque and posted about it on an on-line forum, with...
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Operation Overlord
The allied campaign in WW2 for the liberation of North West Europe including the Normandy D-Day landings.
3 memorials
9th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
The 9th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles), was formed on 1 April 1908 by the amalgamation of regiments under the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907. T...
1 memorial
Master-at-Arms John George Gale
John George Gale was born on 7 March 1873 in Lifton, Devonshire (now called Devon) a son of George and Susannah Gale. His birth was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1873 in the Tavistock Registrati...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Donald Blakeslee
Colonel Donald James Matthew Blakeslee was born on 11 September 1917 in Fairport Harbor, Lake County, Ohio, USA, the eldest of the three sons of James Harold Blakeslee (1897-1953) and Maria Fanny B...
War served, WW2
1 memorial
The Waterloo Way
Following victory at the Battle of Waterloo, the Duke of Wellington’s personal handwritten record of events, the Waterloo Dispatch, was carried to London by Major Henry Percy, an aide de camp to th...
2 memorials
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Peter of Colechurch
His name, sometimes given as Peter de Colechurch, is connected to the church where he was a priest, St Mary Colechurch in Cheapside. Colechurch had already rebuilt London Bridge from elm in about ...
1 memorial
Sir John Dankworth
Jazz musician and composer. Born John Philip William Dankworth at 38 Beech Hall Road, Walthamstow (just a few streets away from the plaque). Known as Johnny, he was also an accomplished clarinettis...
1 memorial
Jeremy Bentham
WC1, University Street, The Jeremy Bentham, 31
Jeremy Bentham Known for many years as the 'Lord Wellington' it is still frequently referred to as the 'Welly Bar' by many of the academ...
1 subject commemorated