Person    | Male  Born 21/5/1893  Died 22/4/1971

Lord Charles Portal

Categories: Armed Forces

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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Lord Portal

Unveiled by Harold Macmillan.

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11th Battalion (Finsbury Rifles)

11th Battalion (Finsbury Rifles)

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Group, Armed Forces

2 memorials
Frank Stubbs

Frank Stubbs

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Person, Armed Forces, India, Turkey

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
A. G. Bubear

A. G. Bubear

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Second Lieutenant Crispin Asahel De Pass

Second Lieutenant Crispin Asahel De Pass

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Person, Armed Forces, Canada, France

War dead, WW1
2 memorials
S. G. T. Vickery

S. G. T. Vickery

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial