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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E. A Peckham
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
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J. W. Bell
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
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EC2, Milk Street, 25
In April 2011 we noticed that the building holding this plaque had changed so we re-photographed it.
H. A. Clark
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
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