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
Corporal Alfred Lee Hale
Alfred Lee Hale was born on the 13 January 1883 in St Pancras, Middlesex (now Greater London), a son of Joseph Hale (1844-1898) and Ellen Louisa Hale née Gaymer (1849-1899). His birth was registere...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Lance Corporal Charles Albert Still
Charles Albert Still was born on 26 April 1899 in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, a son of Harry Still (1865-1932) and Elizabeth Still née Charles (1859-1933). His birth was registered in the 2nd quarter ...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Manchester Regiment - Jacobites
Unit of soldiers raised in Manchester during the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion, supporting Charles Stewart against George II. 300 volunteers commanded by Francis Towneley. They withdrew to Carlisle whi...
2 memorials
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8 memorials
Spike Milligan
Goon. Born as Terence Alan Milligan near Bombay, India, his father being an Irish soldier who met his wife, Florence Winifred Kettleband, in India. Both parents were amateur, would-be professional,...
7 memorials
Denis Bond
Probably born Dorset. Sat in the House of Commons (MP for Dorchester) in two periods between 1640 and 1656. He supported the Parliamentarian cause in the English Civil War and served as president o...
1 memorial
Doctor Harold Moody
Physician. Born Harold Arundel Moody at 8 Rum Lane, Kingston, Jamaica. Although well qualified, he was refused a post at King's College Hospital because of his colour, but became a medical superint...
2 memorials
1 memorial
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