Awarded the VC for his heroism on 18 August 1919, age 34, while serving in the Royal Navy. "Commanding Coastal Motor Boat №31 he passed into Kronstadt Harbour under heavy machine gun fire, torpedoed the battleship Andrei Pervozvann, and escaped under heavy fire showing conspicuous gallantry and skill. (Kronstadt, Russia)". Freemason at: №2612, Navy Lodge.
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Claude Congreve Dobson, VC
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Freemason VCs - N6 - Dimmer, Dobson, Dorrell
John Henry Stephen Dimmer, 12 November 1914, Age 31, The King’s Royal Rifle C...
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E. Gibbs
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
1 memorial
Arthur F. Bowditch
Resident of the West Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
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London Borough of Bromley
Formerly part of Kent, it has been part of Greater London since 1963.
22 memorials
Charles Sackville Adams
Adams was Chief Executive of the Hyde Group, 1994 - 2006. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne. Trained as an architect. Died aged 57. 2006 Guardian Obit. Hyde Housing Association was established in 1967 ...
1 memorial
Armstrong Browning Library
The library is located on the campus of Baylor University in Waco, Texas. It houses one of the largest collections of letters and manuscripts by Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, whic...
2 memorials
Aldersgate Trustees of the Methodist Church
Also known as "Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes". The purposes of the Trustees are commemoration of the Aldersgate Conversion of John and Charles Wesley in May 1738.
2 memorials
Hearts of Oak Benefit Society
National Archives gives: "It was on 20th June 1842 that twelve members of a Provident Society met at the Bird-in-Hand Tavern, 17 Long Acre, with the intention of establishing their own Society. Thi...
2 memorials
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