2009

Stanley Carter

Categories: Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

Local politician. Born Bradford. Graduated from Ruskin College, Oxford. Served in the navy during WW2 and later worked in the newspaper industry for more than 20 years.

First elected to Enfield Council in 1978 and represented Jubilee Ward and later Southbury Ward 1994 - 2002. Chair of the Edmonton Labour Party and a local councillor for many years. Mayor of Enfield, 1998-9. Made a freeman of the borough in 2003. It was as a veteran of the Arctic Convoy campaign that he, in 2003, arranged the memorial. Died Enfield.

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WW2 Arctic Convoys memorial

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J. White, R.N., Surgeon

Person, Armed Forces, Exploring, Medicine, Australia

1 memorial

Royal Naval Dockyard / Royal Victoria Dockyard

An information board “Docklands Heritage – Deptford River Walk” gives a good introduction to the area so we have transcribed it. “For at least five centuries Deptford’s history was bound up with t...

Place, Armed Forces

3 memorials

C. E. Cross

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

H. Timberlake

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1

1 memorial

Harry Daniels, VC

Awarded the VC for his heroism on 12 March 1915, age 30, while serving in the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own). "When the battalion advance was halted by wire, he rushed forward and under h...

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1

1 memorial

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M Digby Wyatt

Secretary to the Executive Committee for the Great Exhibition 1851.Architect and writer on art. Born near Devizes, Wiltshire. Died Dimlands Castle, Glamorgan.

Person, Architecture, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

J. Arthur Rank

Flour miller and film-maker. Born Joseph Arthur Rank at Chestnut Villas, Holderness Road, Drypool, Kingston upon Hull. He worked for many years in his (very wealthy) father's flour milling business...

Person, Cinema, Industry

1 memorial

Surrey County / White Lion Prison

From at least 1580 prison facilities were provided by the White Lion Inn. For many years there were plans to demolish and rebuild and this finally happened when the Marshalsea moved onto this site...

Place, Law

1 memorial

The Drum

The tunnels under Clapham South station were used in WW2 as air raid shelter. And then in 1948 they were used to give initial housing to 236 Windrush migrants, such as John Richards. Within four we...

Building, Community / Clubs

1 memorial

World War 2

Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do visit the picture source web site - it has a fascinating collection of maps. And we enjoyed these photos of current WW2 ev...

Event, Armed Forces, Tragedy

378 memorials