A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Hopkin Thomas Maddock
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London Welsh Rugby club - WW1
Unusually the plaque gives the birth and death years for each name. From a W...
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Lieutenant Ernest John Dodd
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Francis Morgan Ayodélé Thompson, CBE
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Yaakov Springer
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Thomas Johns Tucker
A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1.
Amizur Shapira
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Donald Charles Bain
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Henry Philip Creese
Deck Engineer on the RMS Titanic. A résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website. He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Park, Above Bar Street, Sou...
Count Simon Woronzow
NW8, Woronzow Road
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Father Basil Jellicoe
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Harrow Heritage Trust
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