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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11th Battalion (Finsbury Rifles)
The 11th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles), was formed on 1 April 1908 by the amalgamation of regiments under the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907. Their Wi...
2 memorials
Frank Stubbs
Soldier. Born Frank Edward Stubbs in Walworth. He served in India before WW1. On 25th April 1915 he was with the 1st Battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers attempting to make a landing on the Gallip...
War dead, WW1
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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Second Lieutenant Crispin Asahel De Pass
Crispin Asahel De Pass was born on 1 June 1893 in Finchley, Middlesex (now Greater London), the third of the five children of Alfred Aaron De Pass (1861-1952) and Ethel Phoebe De Pass née Salaman (...
War dead, WW1
2 memorials
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
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