Building    From 1939  To 1946

No. 11 Fighter Group RAF Operations Room

Categories: Armed Forces

 It was from this underground bunker that the air defence of London and the south-east was coordinated during the Battle of Britain and throughout WW2. It's now a museum and well worth a visit.

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No. 11 Fighter Group RAF Operations Room

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11 Group Operations Room

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J. W. Ambridge

J. W. Ambridge

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Korean War

Korean War

This war, the first UN action against aggression, has not officially ended but a ceasefire has held since 1953.

Event, Armed Forces, Korea

3 memorials
J. Ells

J. Ells

Employed at the Holloway tram garage. Served and was killed in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
A. E. Hipworth

A. E. Hipworth

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

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Henry Dalziel, VC

Henry Dalziel, VC

Awarded the VC for his heroism on 4 July 1918, age 25, while serving in the 15th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. "Having silenced every gun in one direction, an enemy gun opened up from a dif...

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial

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Clive Brain, OBE

Clive Brain, OBE

Clive Brian was born on 13 December 1939, the son of Frank Brain (1909-1969) and Nora Maude Brain née Fairweather (1907-1976). His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1940 in the Surrey Sout...

Person, Education, Tragedy

1 memorial
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (1st Baronet)

Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (1st Baronet)

MP, brewer, slave abolitionist and social reformer. Born Essex. Entered the Brick Lane brewery Truman, Hanbury & Company in 1808, eventually taking on sole ownership. 1807 married Hannah Gurney...

Person, Commerce, Food & Drink, Race Issues, Social Welfare

3 memorials