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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Private Arthur Edwin Still
Arthur Edwin Still was born in Southampton, Hampshire, one of the seven children of Edwin John Still (1861-1945) and Selina Still née Stickland (1863-1928). His birth was registered in the 4th quar...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
O. Isard
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Telegraphist Stanley Frederick Barnard
Stanley Frederick Barnard was born on 29 May 1917 in Edmonton, London, a son of William Joseph Barnard (b.1876) and Annie Barnard née Seymour (b.1877). He was baptised on 8 August 1917 at Christ Ch...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Auxiliary Fireman Christopher Edward Seymour Hartwell
Auxiliary fireman from Banstead killed in an air raid on Poplar. Christopher Edward Seymour Hartwell was born on 21 July 1898 in Chapel Brampton, Northamptonshire, the son of Elizabeth Annie Hartw...
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
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Peggy Temple tree
E9, Victoria Park, rose garden area
In memory of Peggy Temple, 1924 - 1990, founder member of Victoria Park Society.
2 subjects commemorated
Barking Abbey
IG11, North Street, Barking Abbey Grounds
Barking Abbey Was founded by St Erkenwald in the year 666. Destroyed by the Danes it was rebuilt in the 10th century. William the Conquer...
6 subjects commemorated
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