Awarded the VC for his heroism on 18 September 1918, age 23, while serving in the Machine Gun Corps. "Three times he charged ahead and captured enemy guns and positions. His example of fearless and unhesitating devotion to duty under great personal danger inspired his troops and had a marked effect on the battle. (Gouzeaucourt, France)". Freemason at: №144, St Luke’s Lodge.
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William Allison White, VC
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Freemason VCs - Z5 - Wheeler, White, Wilcox
George Campbell Wheeler, 23 February 1917, Age 36, 9th Gurkha Rifles, Indian ...
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C. Bowall
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Field Marshal Montgomery
Army Commander. Born Bernard Law Montgomery, son of Sir H. H. Montgomery, in St Mark's Vicarage, Kennington Oval, or Kensington, Knightsbridge, depending on source. Spent the early years of his lif...
Person, Armed Forces, Seriously Famous, Australia, Egypt, France, Italy
5 memorials
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
W. W. Purches, Jnr.
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
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1 memorial
W. Meadmore
Councillor on the Committee for the 1901 Shoreditch Town Hall Extension.
1 memorial
London Parochial Charities
In 1880 a report by a royal commission led to the City of London Parochial Charities Act. This provided that the five largest parishes of London could continue to administer their own charitable en...
3 memorials
Harry Mallin
SW1, Regency Street, 105
Harry Mallin, 1892 - 1969, policeman and Olympic boxing champion in 1920 and 1924, lived and worked here. English Heritage
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Islington Art Society
Formed as the Islington Art Circle in 1941 by A. E. Hickman-Smith and on his death in 1965 run by George and Deborah Bunting until their deaths in 2000. Changed its name in 2002 to Islington Art S...
1 memorial
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