This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Royal British Legion
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Captain Blaney & colleagues, E7
Bomb Disposal Branch "Service-not-self" The Royal Engineers Association Capta...
Hornsey British Legion
This double plaque is under the window on the left. Sir Philip Sassoon was AD...
Lewisham war memorial
The Lewisham War Memorials website says that the inscription on the main memo...
Other Subjects
L. A. Pettit
Member of the staff of A. W. Gamage Ltd and/or Benetfink & Co. Ltd. Killed in WW1.
H. G. J. Burton
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
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Women's suffrage
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World War 2
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Lord Douglas Haig
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