Lady District Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District, 1918-1942. Serving Sister in the Order of St John.
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Mrs E. McCaffrey
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St John Ambulance Brigade
Despite its appearance this memorial does not commemorate those who died in w...
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William Edward Richard Whitlock
William Edward Richard Whitlock was born on 29 April 1916, the younger son of Bertram Sidney Whitlock (1890-1917) and Rosetta Whitlock née Killick (1893-1971). His birth was registered in the 2nd q...
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Mervyn Peake
Artist and writer. Mervyn Laurence Peake was born on 9 July 1911 in Kuling, Dehua, Fujian, China, the younger child of Ernest Cromwell Peake (1874-1950) and Amanda Elizabeth Ann Peake née Powell (...
Person, Art, Emergency Services, Literature, Seriously Famous, Channel Islands, China/Hong Kong
1 memorial
George Arthur Roberts
Soldier and Fireman. Born in Trinidad, he was one of the first black men to join the British Army. In WW1, he earned a reputation for throwing bombs back over enemy lines and was nicknamed the 'Coc...
Person, Armed Forces, Community / Clubs, Emergency Services, Race Issues, Caribbean Islands, France, Turkey
War served, WW2
1 memorial
W. Rea Edwards, OBE, ACA
William Rea Edwards was Superintendent Secretary in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1892-1900. Knight Grace in the Order of St John. Inver Museum has a photo of a Rea-Edwards mo...
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
Lawrence E. "Curly" Woodhead
Canadian firefighter and competitive diver. A section leader from Saskatoon, he died while training in Hampshire. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research and also found the photo: Section L...
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
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SW1, Whitehall, Foreign Office
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Victims of the 1848-9 Lambeth cholera outbreak
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1 memorial
Hunter S. Thompson
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1 memorial
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