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J. E. Root

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Commemorated on a memorial as having died in WW2.

J. E. Root
Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

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J. E. Root

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Hendon war memorial - WW2

The Listing entry informs: "After the Second World War a stone block was adde...

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Battle of Arnhem

Battle of Arnhem

In WW2, during Operation Market Garden, the British 1st Airborne Division and the Poish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade were given the task of securing the bridge at Arnhem. They were parachuted ...

Event, Armed Forces, Netherlands

1 memorial
Berlin Airlift

Berlin Airlift

After WW2 Berlin was divided into 4 sectors, controlled by Britain, France, the USA and the Soviet Union respectively.  Berlin was inside East Germany which was also controlled by the Soviets.  Thi...

Event, Armed Forces, Germany

1 memorial
W. H. Pidgeon

W. H. Pidgeon

Resident of the West Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
George Down

George Down

Private George Arthur Down was born on 8 June 1884 in Putney. He was the eldest of the six children of William Down (1859-1943) and Emily Elizabeth Down née Hunter (1859-1947). His father was a boo...

Person, Armed Forces, Commerce, France

1 memorial
Edward Foster, VC

Edward Foster, VC

Born in Streatham. He enlisted in the 13th Battalion (Wandsworth) East Surrey Regiment and was sent to France in June 1916. On 24th April 1917 at Villiers-Plouich, his troop's advance was held up ...

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
2 memorials

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Charles William Key

Charles William Key

Born Buckinghamshire into a poor family. Became teacher then headmaster. Alderman in 1937 and in 1946 MP for Bow and Bromley and Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Cicely Mary Barker

Cicely Mary Barker

CR0, The Waldrons, 23

Cicely Mary Barker, 1895 - 1973, artist and creator of the Flower Fairy children's books, lived and worked here from 1924 to 1961. Croydo...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Michael McWilliam

Michael McWilliam

Director of the School of Oriental and African Studies.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
T. E. Collcutt

T. E. Collcutt

Architect. Born Thomas Edward Collcutt, in Jericho, Oxford. President of the Royal Institute of British Architects from 1906 to 1908. He designed the Imperial Institute building in Kensington, the ...

Person, Architecture, Theatre

1 memorial
C. Hy. Apps

C. Hy. Apps

Resident of the West Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial