Awarded the VC for his heroism on 22-27 March 1918, aged 37, while serving in the Bedfordshire Regiment. "After six days’ continuous fighting, he led the attack, and even when severely wounded he c...

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1

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Second Lieutenant Arthur Philip Abecasis

Arthur Philip Abecasis was born in Paddington, London, in 1889, the youngest of the three children of Victor Emile Abecasis (1861-1929) and Amelia Frances Lucas Abecasis née Belinfante (1864-1939)....

Person, Armed Forces, France, Switzerland

War dead, WW1

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Thomas Carlyle

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War dead, WW1

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George Borrow

Writer and traveller. Born George Henry Borrow, East Dereham, Norfolk. He travelled widely throughout Europe and Morocco and was also a great linguist. He caused a minor scandal, when, in a transla...

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Cyril W. Ball

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War dead, WW1

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