Awarded the VC for his heroism on 24 August 1916, age 43, while serving in the Scout Corps, 2nd South African Mounted Brigade. "Having withdrawn to a new position he found one of his wounded men had been left behind. Unmindful of personal danger he succeeded in reaching Corporal Bowker and [carried] him back. (Mlali, German East Africa)". Freemason at: №2685, Concordia Lodge.
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William Anderson Bloomfield, VC
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Freemason VCs - N2 - Bent, Bloomfield, Bromley
Spencer John Bent, 1-2 November 1914, Age 23, The East Lancashire Regiment, A...
Memorial Gates
Designed by Liam O'Connor as a reduced-scale version of Lutyens' monument at ...
Other Subjects
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Henry Rogers Broughton, Lord Fairhaven
Probably born Fairhaven, Massachusetts, second son of Urban Hanlon Broughton and his wife Cara. On the death of his brother in 1966 become the 2nd Baron Fairhaven. Married twice and had one son....
2 memorials
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Sidney Joseph Fox
Sidney Joseph Fox, CC, was a Sheriff in the City of London in 1952.
1 memorial
George Peabody
SW1, Eaton Square, 80
Greater London Council George Peabody, 1795-1869, philanthropist, died here.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Festival of Britain - Symbol
W1, Oxford Street, 213
This building was put up in 1951 by architects Ronald Ward and Partners. Ornamental Passions has an excellent report on the building.
1 subject commemorated
Sir Douglas Bader
Air force officer. Born Douglas Robert Steuart Bader at St John's Wood. Commissioned in the Royal Air Force as a pilot officer in 1930. In 1931, following a crash, he had both legs amputated. He wa...
1 memorial
Wilfred Wood, VC
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...
War served, WW1
1 memorial
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