Person    | Male  Born 25/1/1848  Died 29/7/1925

Major General, Lord Cheylesmore

Herbert Francis Eaton, 3rd Baron Cheylesmore. Born London. Chairman of the London County Council, 1912-13. Soldier in WW1, specialising in court-martials. Died in hospital at Englefield Green, from injuries incurred in a motor accident, the first peer so to die.

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Major General, Lord Cheylesmore

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Lord Cheylesmore

{On the large stone plaque at the centre of this sombre memorial:} Major-Gen...

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Major General, Lord Cheylesmore

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Metropolitan Drinking Fountain - jubilee

{On long, low bronze plaques, one on each face, starting at the south and goi...

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Middlesex Hospital and Barnato and Joel

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Ernest Wright Alexander, VC

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Edgar Kinghorn Myles, VC

Edgar Kinghorn Myles, VC

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E. J. Gibbs

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Douglas Walter Belcher, VC

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Hayward Brothers ironmongery

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1 memorial
George Alexander Chisnall

George Alexander Chisnall

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1 memorial
Women's Royal Naval Service

Women's Royal Naval Service

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1 memorial