Group    From 1900 

West African Frontier Force

Categories: Armed Forces

Countries: Africa

Formed by the British Colonial Office and served in WW1 and WW2. In 1928 became the Royal WAFF. Disbanded in 1960.

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West African Frontier Force

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A. Wilds

A. Wilds

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
W. Coulthard

W. Coulthard

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
G. D. F. Tew

G. D. F. Tew

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
C. E. Powell

C. E. Powell

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
R. W. Burton

R. W. Burton

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

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial

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Keith Bowler

Keith Bowler

We cannot find any information about Bowler himself, only that in c.1990-2010, at least, he lived in Wilkes Street Spitalfields and created these unusual pavement plaques. We understand they were c...

Person, Sculpture

22 memorials
Operation Mincemeat

Operation Mincemeat

Operation Mincemeat was a successful WW2 British deception operation to disguise the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily. British intelligence obtained an unwanted body and took it to Hackney Mortuary w...

Event, Armed Forces, Espionage

2 memorials
London Bridge City

London Bridge City

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Group, Property

2 memorials
Lieutenant Commander Ewen Montagu

Lieutenant Commander Ewen Montagu

Montagu and Charles Cholmondely conceived the idea behind Operation Mincemeat and carried it out. Ewen Edward Samuel Montagu was a British judge, Naval intelligence officer and author. Born into a...

Person, Armed Forces

1 memorial
Bombs 7 July 2005

Bombs 7 July 2005

In the middle of the morning rush hour four bombs went off on three tube trains, at 8.50am and a bus, at 9.47am. 52 people died. Plaques commemorating the victims have been placed at each of the b...

Event, Seriously Famous, Terrorism, Tragedy

12 memorials