Awarded the VC for his heroism on 22-27 March 1918, aged 37, while serving in the Bedfordshire Regiment. "After six days’ continuous fighting, he led the attack, and even when severely wounded he continued to lead until he was killed at the moment of gaining the objective. (Albert, France)". Freemason at: №357, Apollo University Lodge.
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John Stanhope Collings-Wells, VC
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Freemason VCs - N4 - Collings-Wells, Cooper, Cruickshank
John Stanhope Collings-Wells, 22-27 March 1918, Aged 37, The Bedfordshire Reg...
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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Corporal Charles Garforth, VC
Soldier. Charles Ernest Garforth was born in Willesden Green. He was a corporal in the 15th (The King's) Hussars. On 23rd August 1914 at Harmingnies, France, he cut wire while under fire, enabling ...
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Police Station, Upper Street, Islington
Police Station at 277 Upper Street, Islington, N1.The picture source website also has a photograph of this very lamp being fixed to the Upper Street building in 1938.
1 memorial
A. J. Wheatland
Employed at the Streatham bus garage. Served and was killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Second Lieutenant Robert Gerald Aldin Wilson
Robert Gerald Aldin Wilson was born in 1889, the elder child of Robert Alexander Wilson (1856-1922) and Ellen Julia Wilson née Aldin (1867-1958). His birth was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1889...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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