Awarded the VC for his heroism on 31 July 1917, aged 23, while serving in the King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). "№1309 Twice leading a charge against machine gun posts and putting them out of action, he finally took command during an enemy counter attack. He held the position until told to retire, displaying remarkable valour and initiative. (Wieltje, Belgium)". Freemason at: №1309, Whitwell Lodge.
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Tom Fletcher Mayson, VC
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Freemason VCs - W7 - Lyall, Martin, Mayson, McNair
Graham Thomson Lyall, 27 September 1918, Age 26, 102nd Battalion, Canadian Ex...
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War dead, WW1
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Field Marshal Allenby
Army officer. Born Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby at Brackenhurst Hall, near Southwell, Nottinghamshire. He fought in the second Boer war and in World War I his command captured Vimy Ridge. Later he l...
2 memorials
ORP Orzeł
Former submarine in the Polish Navy. ORP stands for Okret Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Ship of the Polish Republic).
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Rifleman Albert Chapman
Albert Chapman was born on 26 September 1886 in Shepherds Bush, Middlesex, (now Greater London), one of the ten children of William Chapman and Elizabeth Chapman née Ginn. His birth was registered ...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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