Group    From 7/5/1927 

Memorable Order of Tin Hats / MOTH

Categories: Armed Forces, Community / Clubs

Countries: South Africa

Founded by Charles Evenden as a brotherhood of South African front-line ex-soldiers. The club-houses are known as shell-holes.

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Memorable Order of Tin Hats / MOTH

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MOTH Hackney WW2 memorial

That ". . . " suggests that the preceding words are a quotation. The best we...

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Captain Paul Milton Ellington

Captain Paul Milton Ellington

Paul Milton Ellington was born on 31 May 1920 in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA, the younger child of Percy Fuller Ellington (1886-1926) and Carolyn Marie Ellington née McIrvin (1887-1968). His...

Person, Armed Forces, USA

War served, WW2
1 memorial
Herbert Jones, VC

Herbert Jones, VC

Soldier, known as H. Jones, born in Putney. He joined the army on leaving school, and in July 1960 he was commissioned into the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment as a second lieutenant. Subsequently h...

Person, Armed Forces, Argentina

War dead, Other war
1 memorial
Marine Police

Marine Police

Founded by magistrate Patrick Colquhoun and Master Mariner John Harriott, on the site from which it still operates. Set up to protect the cargo ships from theft which was proving very costly to the...

Group, Armed Forces

1 memorial
R. N. Greatorex

R. N. Greatorex

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Major Francis Harvey

Major Francis Harvey

Soldier. Born Francis John William Harvey in Upper Sydenham. Kent. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions at the height of the Battle of Jutland. Although wounded by shellfi...

Person, Armed Forces, Denmark

1 memorial

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Sir Ian Mckellen

Sir Ian Mckellen

Born Burnley, Lancashire. Versatile stage and film actor with a repertoire ranging from the classics through science fiction films and pantomime to Coronation Street. He ‘came out’ in 1988 and ha...

Person, Cinema, Seriously Famous, Theatre

4 memorials
St Mark's Little Army - names

St Mark's Little Army - names

SE5, Cobourg Road, 103

We thought the last line may be a quotation but we cannot find it anywhere. It would be interesting to know if the Warriors Chapel has su...

2 subjects commemorated
Lewisham V1 rocket attack - original

Lewisham V1 rocket attack - original

SE13, Lewisham High Street, 122, Marks and Spencer

This brass plaque on the pavement had become badly worn and a new one was erected on a nearby wall.

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Hampstead Garden Suburb

Hampstead Garden Suburb

Henrietta Barnett formed a board of trustees to build this urban utopia following strict social principles: all classes accommodated, places of education provided, places for the handicapped and el...

Place, Architecture, Property

8 memorials
The Adelphi

The Adelphi

WC2, Adelphi Terrace

The original Adelphi was a large development, even in modern terms. Most of the streets were named after the Adam brothers as was the who...

10 subjects commemorated, 1 creator