Group    From 1939 

Royal Air Force Gang Show Association

Categories: Armed Forces, Aviation, Theatre

The name of this organisation sometimes has "Shows" rather than "Show".

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Royal Air Force Gang Show Association

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RAF Gang Show Assoc. at St Clement Danes

Founder Sqdn Ldr. Ralph Reader, CBE Royal Air Force Gang Shows Association ...

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Royal Air Force Gang Show Association

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Ralph Reader

{Plaque on the horizontal surface of the stone bench:} In memory of Squadron...

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Alfred Maurice Toye, VC

Alfred Maurice Toye, VC

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Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
USAAF - European HQ

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The HQ of the United States Army Air Forces moved from London to Camp Griffiss in Bushy Park and then, following the success of D-Day, to France.

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13 memorials
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Sir John Jennings

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Person, Armed Forces, Benefactor, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
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Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Marine Police

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Group, Armed Forces

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John Richard Archer

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Brass Crosby

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We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...

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402 memorials
Carrie Reichardt

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