Awarded the VC for his heroism on 28 October 1918, age 21, while serving in the Northumberland Fusiliers. "When the advance was held up he ran forward firing his Lewis gun from the hip, he captured over 160 in this action. His conspicuous valour and initiative in the face of intense rifle fire was beyond praise. (Casa Van, Italy)". Freemason at: №4246, Garrick Lodge.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Wilfred Wood, VC
Commemorated ati
Freemason VCs - Z6 - Willis, Wood, Wyatt
Richard Raymond Willis, 25 April 1915, Age 38, The Lancashire Fusiliers, Lodg...
Other Subjects
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Rifleman John Minell Elliott
John Minell Elliott was born in 1878, the fourth of the seven children of James Elliott (1835-1895) and Annie Mary Elliott née Minell (b.1852). His birth was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1878 i...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
H. M. Ellis
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Samuel George Reginald Horsford
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
War dead, Other war
1 memorial
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Fawcett frieze - 49, Ashby
SW1, Parliament Square
Most statues have plinths, which often carry the identity of the statue but little more. The plinth for this Millicent Fawcett statue is ...
1 subject commemorated
Grosvenor Hotel - head 13
SW1, Buckingham Palace Road, Grosvenor Hotel
This 1860 building, by architect James Knowles Snr, is studded with many portrait busts of which we believe only these 14 are representat...
1 memorial
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