Plaque | War served | WW1

Freemason VCs - Z5 - Wheeler, White, Wilcox

Erection date: 25/4/2017

Inscription

George Campbell Wheeler, 23 February 1917, Age 36, 9th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army, Siwalik Lodge.

William Allison White, 18 September 1918, Age 23, Machine Gun Corps, St Luke’s Lodge.

Alfred Wilcox, 12 September 1918, Age 33, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Lodge of Israel.

Site: Freemason VCs (21 memorials)

WC2, Great Queen Street, Freemasons' Hall

The Freemasons commissioned this memorial to mark the 300th anniversary of The United Grand Lodge of England in 2017 and the centenary of the end of the Great War in 2018. Unveiled 25 April 2017.

During WW1 628 VCs were awarded, more than 200 of those to freemasons. We do not know how the 64 names on these plaques were chosen from the 200 - possibly they all lived in London, or belonged to London lodges. 

The 20 plaques are arranged in 3 blocks (North, West, South) around the central 'Freemason VCs' plaque. Each plaque carries 3 names (some 4), in alphabetical sequence, starting in the top left of the N block, and reading down the columns in each block, so that is how we've labelled them: N1...N6, W1...W6, Z1...Z8 (using Z instead of S to get the sequence right).

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Freemason VCs - Z5 - Wheeler, White, Wilcox

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World War 1

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George Campbell Wheeler, VC

Awarded the VC for his heroism on 23 February 1917, age 36, while serving in ...

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William Allison White, VC

Awarded the VC for his heroism on 18 September 1918, age 23, while serving in...

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Alfred Wilcox, VC

Awarded the VC for his heroism on 12 September 1918, age 33, while serving in...

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Freemason VCs

Freemason VCs

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Freemason VCs - N1 - Addison, Belcher, Bennett

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William Robert Fountaine Addison, 9 April 1916, Age 32, Army Chaplains’ Depar...

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Freemason VCs - N2 - Bent, Bloomfield, Bromley

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Spencer John Bent, 1-2 November 1914, Age 23, The East Lancashire Regiment, A...

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Freemason VCs - N3 - Cator, Christie, Kennedy

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Harry Cator, 9 April 1917, Age 23, The East Surrey Regiment, Wanderers’ Lodge...

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Freemason VCs - N4 - Collings-Wells, Cooper, Cruickshank

Freemason VCs - N4 - Collings-Wells, Cooper, Cruickshank

John Stanhope Collings-Wells, 22-27 March 1918, Aged 37, The Bedfordshire Reg...

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