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
Commemorated ati
Freemason VCs - N4 - Collings-Wells, Cooper, Cruickshank
John Stanhope Collings-Wells, 22-27 March 1918, Aged 37, The Bedfordshire Reg...
Other Subjects
H. Gladwell
A member of Jas. Shoolbred & Co. Ltd. who served in WW1 and returned.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Douglas Walter Belcher, VC
Soldier. Born Douglas Walter Belcher in Surbiton. He enlisted at the beginning of WW1 and fought at the second Battle of Ypres. Whilst in charge of a portion of breastwork (a temporary fortificatio...
War served, WW1
2 memorials
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Geoffrey Bailey
Had served in the Manchester Regiment. At the time of his death was working as a Captain of Invalids at Chelsea Hospital. Killed in a bomb attack on the north east wing of the Hospital.
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
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