Awarded the VC for his heroism on 16 August 1917, age 21, while serving in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps. "Enemy machine gun fire from a blockhouse was holding up the battalion’s advance. With four men he rushed forward firing into an opening in the blockhouse. Firing ceased. Seven machine guns and 45 prisoners were captured. (Ypres, Belgium)". Freemason at: â„–80, St John’s Lodge.
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Edward Cooper, 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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War dead, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Middlesex Regiment and men of Middlesex
Originally formed as the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) on 1 July 1881, it was created by merging the 57th (West Middlesex) and 77th (East Middlesex) Regiments of Foot. This amalgamat...
2 memorials
J. W. C. Moore
Member of the staff of A. W. Gamage Ltd and/or Benetfink & Co. Ltd. Killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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