Commanding officer of the Bloomsbury Rifles 1880–98.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Lt-Col Samuel Richards
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Drill Hall - foundation stone
This corner stone was laid by Lt Colonel S. Richards, commanding Bloomsbury R...
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Corporal Samuel MacPhearson
See Farquar Shaw for the story of the Black Watch mutiny.
Frederick William Owen Potts, VC
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 21 August 1915, age 22, while serving in the Berkshire Yeomanry. "Wounded and under heavy fire he remained with a severely injured soldier for 48 hours before drag...
C. E. Powell
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
players and staff of Clapton Orient Football Club who served in WW1
forty one players and staff of Clapton Orient Football Club served with the 17th Bn Middlesex Regiment (The Footballers' Battalion) during WW1.
Sir George Stuart White
British field marshal, who conducted the defence of Ladysmith during its siege from 2 November 1899 to 28 February 1900. Born in County Antrim, Buried at First Broughshane Presbyterian Church, Ulst...