Group    From 1/4/1918 

Royal Air Force

Categories: Armed Forces, Aviation

Formed 1st April 1918 at Hotel Cecil, 80 the Strand where it had its first headquarters.
Motto: Per Ardua Ad Astra, Latin for "Through Struggles to the Stars".

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Royal Air Force

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Croydon Aerodrome Battle of Britain memorial

21 foot high and topped with a bronze eagle, this monument does not actually ...

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RAF Memorial

City of Westminster Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force was formed and had ...

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RAF, RFC & RNAS

Per adua {On the north facing side of the plinth:} In memory of all ranks of...

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RAF thanks from Denmark at St Clement Danes

In honour and gratitude for assistance and support 1940 - 1945 Royal Air Fo...

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Royal Air Force

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Bomber Command Memorial

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Camp Griffiss - USAAF

The quotation from Hugo is very well-chosen. He was exiled from France for 15...

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RAF Memorial

City of Westminster Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force was formed and had ...

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Royal Military Asylum / Duke of York's Royal Military School

Royal Military Asylum / Duke of York's Royal Military School

From RBKC document: "...the Royal Military Asylum for the Children of Soldiers of the Regular Army, which opened in 1803. Most of the thousand or so children were orphans; others had fathers servin...

Group, Armed Forces

1 memorial
Fireman Jeremiah Donovan

Fireman Jeremiah Donovan

Died in a fire at St Stephens Hospital, Chelsea. Jeremiah Donovan was born on 10 March 1905 in Battersea, London, one of the six children of Jeremiah Donovan (b.1868) and Mary Donovan née Cunningh...

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War dead non-military, WW2
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A. J. Hill

A. J. Hill

Resident of the West Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

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War dead, WW1
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Rifleman Arthur Henry Kingston

Rifleman Arthur Henry Kingston

Arthur Henry Kingston was born on 20 January 1877 in Maida Vale, London, the younger child of Henry Kingston (b.circa 1840) and Sophia Kingston née Francis (b.circa 1841). His birth was registered ...

Person, Armed Forces, Belgium

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Private Arthur John Pooley

Private Arthur John Pooley

Arthur John Pooley was born in Notting Hill Gate, Middlesex (now Greater London), the only child of John and Mary Anne Pooley. His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1894 in the Kensington ...

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War dead, WW1
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Department of National Heritage

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Catholic martyrs at the Tyburn gallows

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