Born Mobile, Alabama. Worked in the medical department of the US army and specialised in yellow fever. Died in London from a stroke while on his way to West Africa.
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William Crawford Gorgas
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The Reverend Alan Greenbat, OBE
Was Vice Principal of the Jewish Orphanage at Norwood in 1956 and by 2000 had a position in the Office of the Chief Rabbi. Alan Greenbat was born 2 April 1929, the son of Maximilian Greenbat (1893...
1 memorial
A. E. Swait
Employed at the Holloway tram garage. Served and was killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Serjeant Henry John Burns
Henry John Burns was born on 3 July 1896 in Paddington, London, the son of Henry Thomas Burns (1860-1913) and Ada Alice Burns née Carey (1872-1920). The birth of Henry Burns was registered in the 3...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Captain Edward Alfred Shaw
Edward Alfred Shaw was born on 16 May 1892 in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, the eldest of the ten children of the Reverend Edward Domett Shaw (1860-1937) and Agnes Shaw née Gilbey (1867-1944)....
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Thomas Edward Rendle, VC
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 20 November 1914, age 29, while serving in the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. "As a stretcher bearer he spent the day rescuing many comrades, during this actio...
War served, WW1
1 memorial