This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
H. J. Wood
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St Anne's Church Limehouse - WW1 memorial
The quotation "Greater love ... his friends." is from the biblical book of Jo...
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Edward William Gurney
A parishioner or member of the congregation of St Matthias, N16, who died in WW1.
Henry Hugh Armstead
Sculptor and illustrator. Born Bloomsbury. Executed a large number of public statues and funerary works, and worked closely with George Gilbert Scott on the Albert Memorial. Died at home 52 Circus ...
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Rifle Brigade
Formed initially as the 'Experimental Corps of Riflemen' it became the 'Rifle Corps' and then the '95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles)'. In 1816 it became the Rifle Brigade. Unusually the soldiers wor...
Henry Hyde, Earl of Clarendon
Aristocrat and politician. Son of Edward, the 1st Earl. Born in England but brought up partly in the Netherlands. Returned to England in 1660 and entered politics. Died in London.
New Model Army
Created by the Parliamentarians to oppose the King's forces. It was a professional army, in contrast to the part-time local militia they had at their disposal previously. The men were full-time s...
Rupert Brooke
WW1 poet. Born Rugby. Joined the navy and sailed to the Med. but died on his way to Gallipoli from an infected mosquito bite, on a French hospital ship moored in the Aegean Sea. Buried in an oli...
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