SIR EVELYN WOOD
WIDFORD ROAD, CHELMSFORD CM2 8SY
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Named after Field Marshal Sir Henry Evelyn Wood VC, GCB, GCMG (9 February 1838 2 December 1919), was a British Army officer.
After an early career in the Royal Navy, Wood joined the British...
Captain Dickie Annand, who died on Christmas Eve aged 90, won the Army's first Victoria Cross of the Second World War when serving with the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in Belgium in May 1940.
On May 15, 2 DLI was in a defensive position on the south side of the River Dyle...
His plaque which is situated on the Old Cemetery Lodge, cemetery side and not in view of the passing public, I found it by accident. Surely it should have had pride of place on the building
There is no public access to the cemetery via this entrance, it is blocked off by purpose built brick base...
Poppy Cross with his name
His grave is marked by a simple wooden cross with poppy cross attached on the west side of Warstone Lane Cemetery, Birmingham
http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/bbcoopej.htm
A view of the location of his grave
His grave is marked by a simple wooden cross with poppy cross attached on the west side of Warstone Lane Cemetery, Birmingham
Lt Colonel 2 Para killed in action in the Falkland Island 28th May 1982
Photograph taken by a work colleague, G Francis (Ex RAF Served at RAF Neatishead , R.R.H. at RAF Trimingham and other places) Permission granted for upload
Lt Colonel 2 Para killed in action in the Falkland Island 28th May 1982
Photograph taken by a work colleague, G Francis (Ex RAF Served at RAF Neatishead , R.R.H. at RAF Trimingham and other places) Permission granted for upload
Lt Colonel 465788 2nd Parachute Regiment killed in action in the battle for Goose Green, Falkland Island 28th May 1982
He is at rest in San Carlos UK Cemetery, Blue Beach, Falkland Islands
Photograph taken by a work colleague, G Francis (Ex RAF Served at RAF Neatishead ...
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