Marshal of the RAF. Born Hungerford. Served in WWI first as a motorcycle despatch rider and then joined the Royal Flying Corps and became a pilot. Promoted rapidly and well-decorated. Chief of the Air Staff, 1940 - 1945, he went with Churchill to the major conferences. Promoted to Marshal of the Royal Air Force in 1944. One of the architects of victory in the WW2. Died near Chichester.
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Lord Charles Portal
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W. A. Starr
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
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Miss Ellen Reardon
At the ever-informative MDFCTA we find: Ellen Reardon of 2 New Terrace, Islington died on 4 February 1880. Her sister Margaret Reardon died 13 January 1876. In her will, Ellen Reardon bequeathed so...
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Robert Bentley Todd
Physician. Born in Dublin. He became licensed at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, then moved to London, where he practised medicine and lectured. Best known for describing the condition po...
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