Awarded the VC for his heroism on 18 August 1919, age 34, while serving in the Royal Navy. "Commanding Coastal Motor Boat â„–31 he passed into Kronstadt Harbour under heavy machine gun fire, torpedoed the battleship Andrei Pervozvann, and escaped under heavy fire showing conspicuous gallantry and skill. (Kronstadt, Russia)". Freemason at: â„–2612, Navy Lodge.
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Claude Congreve Dobson, VC
Commemorated ati
Freemason VCs - N6 - Dimmer, Dobson, Dorrell
John Henry Stephen Dimmer, 12 November 1914, Age 31, The King’s Royal Rifle C...
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Sir John Jennings
Naval officer. Â Governor of Greenwich Hospital 1720 to his death, there.
1 memorial
H. J. Fluester
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
New Model Army
Created by the Parliamentarians to oppose the King's forces. Â It was a professional army, in contrast to the part-time local militia they had at their disposal previously. Â The men were full-time s...
2 memorials
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
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