From the picture source website: "The Western Front Association (WFA) was formed with the aim of furthering interest in The Great War of 1914-1918. We also aim to perpetuate the memory, courage and comradeship of all those on all sides who served their countries in France and Flanders and their own countries during The Great War."
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Western Front Association
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Unknown warrior arrival
The vehicle used for the delivery was the Cavell Van, the railway wagon which...
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Private Herbert Thomas Long
Herbert Thomas Long was born in 1897, a son of Frederick William Long (1863-1942) and Maria Long née Gilby (1868-1924). His birth was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1897 in the Wandsworth Registr...
Alfred Wilcox, VC
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 12 September 1918, age 33, while serving in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. "When his company was held up, on his own initiative he rushed ahea...
E. Kelly
Employed at the Holloway bus/tram garage - Pemberton Gardens. Served and was killed in WW1.
Lance Corporal George Owen Moren
George Owen Moren was born on 4 August 1896, the third of the seven children of Nathaniel William Moren (1867-1946) and Louisa Moren née Woodall (1868-1938). His birth was registered in the 3rd qua...
Captain Robert Scott
Born Devonport. Royal Navy Antarctic explorer. With four companions, E.A. Wilson, H.R. Bowers, L.E.G. Oates, E. Evans, died returning from the South Pole, having been pipped at the post by Amundsen...
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St Marks, Kennington - history
SW9, Clapham Road, St Marks Church
The 1745 Association (who ought to know) writes: "The plaque on the side of the church says it was twenty-one but that may not be quite a...
Bethnal Green WW2 disaster
The worst civilian disaster of WW2. 173 men, women and children lost their lives as they went down into Bethnal Green underground air raid shelter in response to a siren. They died not from a bomb ...
Lieutenant Colonel John By
Founder of Ottawa, the capital of Canada. Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Engineers. Born Lambeth and baptised in the church of St. Mary-at-Lambeth, August 10, 1779. After a distinguished career ...
Gas Light and Coke Company
Founded by Frederick Albert Winsor (who also gave the world's first demonstration of street lighting by coal gas). Nationalised 1949 and privatised 1986. Demerged in 1997 into Centrica plc and BG p...
Walworth Boy Scouts Tragedy
On Saturday the 3rd August 1912, the 2nd Walworth Troop of five adults and twenty-four young scouts sailed from Waterloo Bridge for Leysdown on the Isle of Sheppey. They moored at Erith for the nig...
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