Person    | Male  Born 5/10/1888  Died 22/4/1983

Sir Ralph Turner

Categories: Armed Forces, Education

Countries: India, Nepal, Pakistan

Sir Ralph Turner

Professor of Indian languages. Born Charlton, London. Officer in the 3rd Gurkha Rifles. Won Military Cross in Palestine. Died at home, Bishop's Stortford.

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Sir Ralph Turner

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Gurkha soldier

Unveiled by the Queen. Modelled by Jackson on the 1929 statue by Goulden in t...

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Bernard Cyril Freyberg, VC

Bernard Cyril Freyberg, VC

Soldier and administrator. Born Bernard Cyril Freyberg in Richmond, Surrey. He spent his early life in New Zealand, and at the outbreak of WWI enlisted in Britain and fought in Gallipoli and France...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, France, New Zealand, Turkey

War served, WW1
3 memorials
G. Sarson

G. Sarson

Member of the staff of A. W. Gamage Ltd and/or Benetfink & Co. Ltd. Killed in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
A. E. G. Giles

A. E. G. Giles

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Gerald Clarkson

Gerald Clarkson

Founding Master of the Worshipful Company of Firefighters.  Buckingham Covers has a short biography.

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Burma Star Association

Burma Star Association

Organisation which relieves need, hardship or distress among men and women who served in the British and allied forces, and the nursing services in the Burma Campaign in WW2. Membership is restrict...

Group, Armed Forces, Burma

1 memorial

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E. G. Heffer

E. G. Heffer

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Benjamin Baker

Benjamin Baker

Civil engineer. Born Somerset. Worked on the early London underground lines and the Forth Bridge. Was an expert witness at the Tay Bridge disaster enquiry. Died at home in Pangbourne. Imperial Coll...

Person, Engineering

3 memorials
Grunwick workers strike

Grunwick workers strike

Grunwick was a photographic film processing firm. 90% of its employees were either of Asian or Afro-Caribbean origin and working conditions were oppressive. Following the sacking of an employee for...

Event, Industry, Politics & Administration, Race Issues

3 memorials
C. Tapp

C. Tapp

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial