Marshal of the RAF. Born Hungerford. Served in WWI first as a motorcycle despatch rider and then joined the Royal Flying Corps and became a pilot. Promoted rapidly and well-decorated. Chief of the Air Staff, 1940 - 1945, he went with Churchill to the major conferences. Promoted to Marshal of the Royal Air Force in 1944. One of the architects of victory in the WW2. Died near Chichester.
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Lord Charles Portal
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RAF Squadron No. 61
It was first formed in Rochford, Essex as a fighter squadron of the British Royal Flying Corps during the First World War and disbanded in 1919. It was reformed in 1937 as a bomber squadron of the ...
1 memorial
C. S. Toms
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Geo. E. Clayton
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
War dead, WW1
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Rifleman Albert Chapman
Albert Chapman was born on 26 September 1886 in Shepherds Bush, Middlesex, (now Greater London), one of the ten children of William Chapman and Elizabeth Chapman née Ginn. His birth was registered ...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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