Footballer. Born in Silvertown and known as 'Nobby'. He worked for the local electrical engineering company Seimens, and played for Charlton Athletic football club. In WWI, he signed up with the Royal Garrison Artillery and was killed in action at Messines, Belgium. Served in the 38 TMB RGA, that is: the 38th Trench Mortar Battery of the Royal Garrison Artillery.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Herbert Barlow Nightingale
The 1927 description of WW1 as 'the greater games overseas' seems strange to ...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Founded in 1829 by Robert Peel under the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 and on 26 September of that year, over 1,000 men were sworn in in the grounds of the Foundling Hospital. (From Sarah Wise's boo...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Naval officer. Â RN Lieut-Governor of Greenwich Hospital.
