Awarded the VC for his heroism on 22-27 March 1918, aged 37, while serving in the Bedfordshire Regiment. "After six days’ continuous fighting, he led the attack, and even when severely wounded he continued to lead until he was killed at the moment of gaining the objective. (Albert, France)". Freemason at: â„–357, Apollo University Lodge.
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John Stanhope Collings-Wells, 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
Royal Army Medical College
Built on the site of Millbank Prison.
1 memorial
Able Seaman Richard Ferguson Cummins
Richard Ferguson Cummins was born on 29 November 1919 in Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. In May 1936 he was appointed as a Postman Messenger in Glasgow and on 17 August 1938 he was promoted...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Henry, Earl of Romney
Politician and army officer. Born Henry Sidney (or Sydney) in Paris. Entered parliament in 1679 and was one of the group known as 'The Immortal Seven', who invited William of Orange to take the thr...
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, France, Ireland, Netherlands
1 memorial
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