Fought in the former British colony of Burma (now Myanmar), primarily between the forces of the British Empire and China, with support from the United States, against the invading forces of Japan, Thailand, and the Indian National Army. It was the only land campaign by the Western Allies in the Pacific Theatre which was fought continuously from the start of hostilities to the end of the war.
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Burma Campaign
The plaque dates the campaign from 1941, but other sources give it as 1942. T...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
The idea of a ceremonial burial for an unknown soldier came from a WW1 Army padre, Rev. David Railton. The French and the British acted on the idea in 1920 and over the years many other countries ...
Wilson Victor Edwards was born on 19 July 1918 in Los Angeles, California, USA the fifth of the six children of James Barrett Edwards (1877-1952) and Emory Bertie Edwards née Wilson (1880-1929). Hi...
Employed at the Holloway bus/tram garage - Pemberton Gardens. Served and was killed in WW1.
We normally rotate our memorial pictures as necessary to make sure the statues are standing upright and the plaques can be read without f...
It was in William Felton's carriage works in Leather Lane that Trevithick's steam-powered carriage was built.
Howard Carter, 1874 - 1939, Egyptologist and discoverer of the tomb of Tutankhamun, lived here. English Heritage
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