Awarded the VC for his heroism on 9 April 1917, age 23, while serving in the East Surrey Regiment. "Although advancing over open ground under hostile machine gun fire he reached the trench and continued to hold that end of it with the Lewis gun. 100 prisoners and five machine guns were captured. (Arras, France)". Freemason at: №1604, Wanderers’ Lodge.
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Harry Cator, VC
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Freemason VCs - N3 - Cator, Christie, Kennedy
Harry Cator, 9 April 1917, Age 23, The East Surrey Regiment, Wanderers’ Lodge...
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Captain Robert William Cunningham
Robert William Cunningham was born in 1891, the youngest of the three children of Robert Cunningham (1847-1921) and Mary Fanny Cunningham née Hurst (b. c1847). His father was a night watchman. His ...
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1 memorial
Rifleman Reginald Andrews
Reginald Andrews was born in Highgate, Middlesex (now Greater London), one of the six children of Arthur Andrews (1870-1918) and Elizabeth Jane Andrews née Weekes (1863-1942). His birth was registe...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Gilmore Cecil Daniel
Lieutenant Colonel Gilmore Cecil Daniel was born on 30 November 1917 on the Osage Indian Reservation, Skiatook, Osage and Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA, the elder son of Pearl C. Daniel (1898-1969) a...
War served, WW2
1 memorial
James Lind
Born Edinburgh. Specialised in medical treatment for the navy and in treating scurvy.Not to be confused with another Scots medical John Lind, born 20 years later.
1 memorial
W. J. Allison
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War served, WW1
1 memorial
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Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer
Born Colchester. Fought in both world wars. Chief of the Imperial General Staff 1955–8. Chief military adviser during the Suez Crisis. Colonel of the Royal Horse Guards from 1963 and Colonel of the...
1 memorial
USAAF - European HQ
The HQ of the United States Army Air Forces moved from London to Camp Griffiss in Bushy Park and then, following the success of D-Day, to France.
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Morley College
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3 memorials
Margaret Roper
Daughter of Sir Thomas More. After her executed father’s parboiled head had been displayed on a pike at London bridge for the required month, she bribed the keeper to give it to her. She pickled it...
2 memorials
Hackney Council
Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington, all three of which had been created in 1900. Previously they had been paris...
61 memorials
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