Awarded the VC for his heroism on 8 August 1917, age 28, while serving in the Royal Navy. "With his ship under attack from an enemy submarine he continued to man his gun and direct effective fire. For his exceptional gallantry he was selected by the gun crew to receive the award. (Bay of Biscay)". Freemason at: â„–1428, United Service Lodge.
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Ernest Herbert Pitcher, VC
Commemorated ati
Freemason VCs - W8 - Myles, Neame, Nelson, Pitcher
Edgar Kinghorn Myles, 9 April 1916, Age 21, The Welsh Regiment, Excelsior Lod...
Other Subjects
Dr Ross J. Bastiaan
From Australian Memorial Park Bullecourt : "Dr Ross Bastiaan is a Colonel in the Australian Army Reserve. He is a practising periodontist {dentist} in Melbourne, Victoria. More than 140 bronze reli...
1 memorial
J. H. Barrable
Employed at the Streatham bus garage. Served and was killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Lieutenant Colonel Wilson Victor Edwards
Wilson Victor Edwards was born on 19 July 1918 in Los Angeles, California, USA the fifth of the six children of James Barrett Edwards (1877-1952) and Emory Bertie Edwards née Wilson (1880-1929). Hi...
War served, WW2
1 memorial
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