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, WW1
1 memorial
War served, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
5th (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)
Began as a Volunteer Rifle Corps with the title London Rifle Volunteer Brigade. Â When the London Regiment was formed in 1908 as part of the new Territorial Force, the LRBÂ became the 5th (City of Lo...
2 memorials
Pte. O. P. Philby, MM
Died in WW1 serving in the 22nd Battalion, The London Regiment.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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