London unit about which IanVisits writes "oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior in the Territorial Army. It has the rare distinction of having fought on both the Royalist and Parliamentary sides of the English Civil War." Served in WW1 with battle fronts in: Egypt, Palestine, Italy, France, Belgium, Aden, Syria. Its regimental memorial chapel is at St Botolphs.
See also the Archer memorial.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Honourable Artillery Company
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Finsbury war monument
The statue represents winged Victory on orb, lightly draped and holding a lau...
London Troops War Memorial
Designed by Aston Webb with figures by Alfred Drury. The Duke of York who un...
St Botolph's information board
The church has two information boards, both of a standard design, which we wo...
WW1 cross at St Botolph's
Unlike the majority of war memorials this was erected while the war continued...
Other Subjects
F. Watts
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
W. L. Sutton
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Private Albert Edward Springham
Albert Edward Springham was born in 1896 in Rotherhithe, London, the fourth of the seven children of Henry Albert Springham (1864-1916) and Arletta Springham née Wright (1865-1936). His birth was r...
E. Lambert
Member of the staff of A. W. Gamage Ltd and/or Benetfink & Co. Ltd. Killed in WW1.
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Burlington Arcade (Association)
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