Churchill's chief military advisor in WW2. Born (and brought up) in France as Alan Brooke into the Irish aristocracy. Entered the army aged 18 and served in Ireland and India and then in WW1, in France. Married twice, his first wife dying in 1925 in a car crash in which he was driving. In WW2 he was Chief of the Imperial General Staff and then Field Marshal. As a keen ornithologist he was president of the Zoological Society of London 1950 - 1954 and vice-president of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Died at home in Hampshire.
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Field Marshal, First Viscount Alanbrooke
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Alanbrooke statue
{On the front of the plinth:} Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke {Right s...
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Second Lieutenant Norman Arthur Henry Somerset
Norman Arthur Henry Somerset was born on 8 September 1894 in Kensington, the elder of the two children of Captain, The Honourable, Arthur Charles Edward Somerset (1860-1948) and Louisa Eliza Grant ...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
ORP Wilk
Submarine of the Polish Navy. ORP stands for Okret Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Ship of the Polish Republic).
1 memorial
J. H. Starr
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
G. T. Bishop
Employed at the Holloway tram garage. Served and was killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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William Farr
Epidemiologist, a founder of medical statistics. Born Kenley, Shropshire.
1 memorial