Awarded the VC for his heroism on 1 May 1918, age 29, while serving in the London Regiment (London Scottish). "For conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty during an attack. Although severely injured and under heavy fire he displayed the utmost valour and endurance until his position was relieved. (El Haud, Transjordan)". Freemason at: №4033, St Vedast Lodge.
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Robert Edward Cruickshank, 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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Edward Foster, VC
Born in Streatham. He enlisted in the 13th Battalion (Wandsworth) East Surrey Regiment and was sent to France in June 1916. On 24th April 1917 at Villiers-Plouich, his troop's advance was held up ...
Captain James Ferguson
Naval officer. RN Lieut-Governor of Greenwich Hospital.
John Innes Brown III
Major John Innes Brown III was born on 13 January 1920 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA, the son of John William Brown (1887-1955) and Cleone Henrietta Brown née Taggart (1898-1994). The Ame...
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Freemason VCs - N3 - Cator, Christie, Kennedy
WC2, Great Queen Street, Freemasons' Hall
The Freemasons commissioned this memorial to mark the 300th anniversary of The United Grand Lodge of England in 2017 and the centenary of...
4 subjects commemorated
Rt. Rev. Charles John Klyberg, Bishop of Fulham
Charles John Klyberg was born on 29 July 1931, the son of Charles Augustine Klyberg (1890-1975) and Ivy Lillian Klyberg née Waddington (1891-1979). His birth was registered in the 3rd quarter of 19...
Hospital for Tropical Diseases
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases was founded on an ex-naval ship in 1821, before moving to the Royal Greenwich Hospital, and thence to the Endsleigh Gardens site in 1920. Several further moves la...
Freemason VCs - N2 - Bent, Bloomfield, Bromley
WC2, Great Queen Street, Freemasons' Hall
The Freemasons commissioned this memorial to mark the 300th anniversary of The United Grand Lodge of England in 2017 and the centenary of...
4 subjects commemorated
Lady Margaret Georgiana Graham
Second wife of Sir Henry John Lowndes Graham; daughter of 4th Marquess of Northampton.
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