On 15 April 1942 King George VI awarded the people of Malta the George Cross to honour their endurance of the Siege. The picture show the GC being presented by Governor General and Commander-in-Chief in Malta, Field Marshal John Gort, VC.
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People of Malta
Commemorated ati
Malta Siege
The solid block of stone for the memorial came from Gozo, one of the three in...
Other Subjects
Flight Lieutenant Henry Forster Withy
Henry Forster Withy was born on 10 October 1910 in West Hartlepool, Durham, the elder son of Henry Daubeny Withy (1882-1914) and Emily Edith Withy née Wilson (1879-1932). His birth was registered i...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
William Patrick Seal Moon
William Patrick Seal Moon was born on 18 October 1914 in Malta, the eldest of the four children of William James Moon (1891-1967) and Sarah Queenie Moon née Ruark (1894-1954). At the time of his bi...
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
H. M. Bateman
Cartoonist. Born Henry Mayo Bateman at Moss Vale, Sutton Forest, New South Wales, Australia. His family moved to Britain in 1888, where he studied at Westminster School of Art and Goldsmiths' Colle...
1 memorial
George Cross Island Association
From the picture source website: "The association came into being to commemorate and bring together veterans and families of the Siege of Malta (1940 to 1943)."
1 memorial
Sir William Reid
A member of the Executive Committee for the Great Exhibition 1851.Born Kinglassie, Fifeshire. Soldier, Fellow of the Royal Society (of Science) and Governor of Bermuda, Barbados & Malta.
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Science, Caribbean Islands, Malta, Scotland
1 memorial
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Hospital of St Anthony
Henry III granted this site to the brotherhood of St. Anthony of Vienna to set up a hospital, which over time consisted of almshouses for the poor, a church and a school. After the dissolution of t...
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Fawcett frieze - 44, Drummond
SW1, Parliament Square
Most statues have plinths, which often carry the identity of the statue but little more. The plinth for this Millicent Fawcett statue is ...
1 subject commemorated
Westminster Abbey D - Elizabeth of Russia
SW1, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster Abbey - west porch
Fourteen niches on the West Front remained empty since the Abbey was built until 1998 when they were filled. The lower four are filled wi...
1 subject commemorated,
4 creators
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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