Awarded the VC for his heroism on 20 November 1914, age 29, while serving in the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. "As a stretcher bearer he spent the day rescuing many comrades, during this action, on his back, feet under their arms he dragged many to safety. Such bravery and devotion. (Wulverghem, Belgium)". Freemason at: №2838, Needles Lodge.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Thomas Edward Rendle, VC
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Freemason VCs - Z1 - Potts, Procter, Rendle
Frederick William Owen Potts, 21 August 1915, Age 22, Berkshire Yeomanry, Ald...
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Eric Gascoigne Robinson, VC
Rear Admiral. Born Eric Gascoigne Robinson in Greenwich. He joined the Royal Navy in 1897 and by 1910 had reached the rank of Lieutenant Commander. At the outbreak of WW1, he was despatched to the ...
W. H. Hamilton
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
Royal Engineers
A corps of the British Army. It provides military engineering and other technical support to the British Armed Forces. Known as 'sappers' apparently from the French 'sappe' meaning 'spadework' or '...
Lieutenant Lovick Emilius Cooper
Lovick Emilius Cooper was born in 1837, in Norwich, Norfolk, the son of the Reverend Thomas Lovick Cooper (1802-1892) and Emily Mary Swinfen Cooper née Durrant (1802-1838). On 29 November 1837 he w...
H. R. S. Pulman
Student of Trinity College of Music, killed in WW1.