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
O. T. C. Brewer
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Eric Ellington Doorly
Captain Eric Ellington Doorly was born on 1 December 1920 in East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA, the youngest of the three children of Edward Doorly (1873-1952) and Hallie R. Doorly née Mar...
War served, WW2
1 memorial
Operation Torch
The allied campaign in WW2 for the liberation of North Africa
1 memorial
Major General, Lord Cheylesmore
Herbert Francis Eaton, 3rd Baron Cheylesmore. Born London. Chairman of the London County Council, 1912-13. Soldier in WW1, specialising in court-martials. Died in hospital at Englefield Green, fr...
3 memorials
15th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
1,240 members fell while serving with the regiment in the Great War. The battalion has served in several guises over the years including as the 21st Middlesex Rifle Volunteers (Civil Service Rifle...
3 memorials