Awarded the VC for his heroism on 16 August 1917, age 27, while serving in the King’s Own Scottish Borderers. "In spite of heavy fire from a blockhouse, he pressed on towards its entrance, threatening them with a grenade. This extraordinary courage and boldness resulted in capturing 36 prisoners and many weapons. (Ypres, Belgium)". Freemason at: №4591, De Lacy Lodge.
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William Henry Grimbaldeston, VC
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Freemason VCs - W3 - Gee, Gort, Gosling, Grimbaldeston
Robert Gee, 30 November 1917, Age 41, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Reg...
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D. A. King
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Royal Arsenal Gatehouse
Also known as the Beresford Gate (after William Beresford, Master-General of the Ordnance and Governor of the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich), and was formerly the main entrance to the Royal Ar...
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
R. G. Theobalds
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
Hampstead Police Force
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2 memorials
Dr. John Snow
Pioneer anaesthetist and epidemiologist. Born North Street in York. The site given as the source for the picture of Snow is an excellent site.
6 memorials
Aldersgate
Sometimes used as a prison and to display the remains of gruesomely executed traitors. Taken down and rebuilt in 1617, damaged in the Great Fire of 1666 but not finally removed until 1761, to impro...
1 memorial
Surrey Iron Railway Company
The first public railway in England, probably the first in the world. A transport system from London to Portsmouth was needed, either a canal or a tramway. The engineer William Jessop, recommende...
2 memorials
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