Person    | Male  Born 27/7/1875  Died 21/2/1954

Captain George Sampson Elliston

Born Ipswich. Trained as a barrister. In WW1 he served in the Royal Army Medical Corp and rose to be captain. He was awarded a Military Cross on 3 June 1918. 1929 became a Member of the Corporation of the City of London. Conservative MP for Blackburn 1931-45. Knighted in 1944. Chairman of the Chairman of the City of London Schools Committee in 1936.

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Captain George Sampson Elliston

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Ernest Dow

Ernest Dow

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Part of the force commanded by Havelock. Infantry.

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A. Fisher

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1 memorial
Thomas Andrews

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1 memorial
B. H. Cumberland

B. H. Cumberland

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial

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John Nost the Elder / John van Nost

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3 memorials
Holocaust / Holocaust Memorial Day

Holocaust / Holocaust Memorial Day

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St Augustine's Church, Victoria Park

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2 memorials