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VC winners commemorated in home towns
Each World War I Victoria Cross recipient in Britain will have a stone laid in his or her home town as part of the World War 1 Centenary commemorations in 2014. In Nantwich, Cheshire, for example, second lieutenant Stanley Henry … Continue reading
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Tagged 1917, Cheshire, Gaza, Medals, Nantwich, news, Palestine, Royal Scots Fusiliers, Soldiers of the Great War, Stanley Boughey VC, Turks, VC
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Islington memorial to Finsbury Rifles – 11th London Regiment
Just south of Angel Underground station in Islington is the Finsbury war memorial. Depicting a winged victory, who looks somehow 1920s in dress and shape, holding a laurel wreath, it has four panels at its base. One of these depicts … Continue reading
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Tagged 11th Battalion London Regiment, 1915, 1917, Finsbury Rifles, Gallipoli, Gaza, John Christie VC, news, Palestine, Piave, VCs, Zeebrugge
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First World War Centenary, 1914-1918 