Awarded the VC for his heroism on 16 August 1917, age 21, while serving in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps. "Enemy machine gun fire from a blockhouse was holding up the battalion’s advance. With four men he rushed forward firing into an opening in the blockhouse. Firing ceased. Seven machine guns and 45 prisoners were captured. (Ypres, Belgium)". Freemason at: №80, St John’s Lodge.
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Edward Cooper, VC
Commemorated ati
Freemason VCs - N4 - Collings-Wells, Cooper, Cruickshank
John Stanhope Collings-Wells, 22-27 March 1918, Aged 37, The Bedfordshire Reg...
Other Subjects
Patrick Johnston
Had served in the Irish Guards. At the time of his death was an in-pensioner at Chelsea Hospital and a patient in the Infirmary.
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
John Fox Burgoyne
Born London, illegitimate son of General John Burgoyne. Served in Ireland as civil administrator, fought in the Crimean War. Died 5 Pembridge Square.
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Crimea, Ireland
1 memorial
William Grainger Wilson
William Grainger Wilson, 1919 - 2013 Grainger Wilson lived at the Hackney Almshouses for Disabled Soldiers & Sailors for 27 years, much of this time as Chairman of the Disabled Soldiers & S...
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
A. Baker, (No 2)
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
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