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BBC The People Remember
BBC The People Remember
This Community contains the stories of individuals featured in BBC The People Remember. This TV series (broadcast in November 2014, November 2015 and November 2016) honours heroes of war both on the battlefield and on the home front. The programmes, based at the Imperial War Museum in London and Imperial War Museum Duxford, feature inspiring stories of bravery.
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Born 1896
Died 2009
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208317 Air Mechanic 2nd Class RAF Dunkirk
Royal Navy F8317 Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class 12 Squadron RNAS
Royal Navy F8317 Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class RNAS Dunkirk
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British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 12th Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant attached Royal Air Force
More about John Archibald R Buller -
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Born 1898
Died 1997
British Army Probationary Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps
British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps
British Army Temporary Captain Royal Flying Corps
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British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps
More about Philip Ryland Pinsent -
Born 1896
Died 1916
British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 14th, attached 16 Battalion
More about Eric Rupert Heaton -
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Born 1886
Died 1917
British Army 403 Serjeant Honourable Artillery Company
British Army Lieutenant Acting Captain Honourable Artillery Company C Company
British Army Lieutenant Honourable Artillery Company
More about John Harold Pritchard -
Born 1894
Died 1968
Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
British Army 1384 Corporal London Regiment 16th Battalion (Queen's Westminster)
More about Eric Englefield Rowden -
Born 1899
Died 1961
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Royal Flying Corps
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Air Force
Air Force (RAF/RFC) A/Cpt Royal Air Force
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More about Edwin Llewellyn Raworth -
Born 1878
Died 1916
British Army 2nd Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 5th Battalion
British Army Captain Durham Light Infantry C Company, 5th Battalion
More about Hugh Russell Wilson -
Born 1896
Died 1916
British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps
British Army Lieutenant East Kent Regiment
British Army Machine Gun Corps
More about George Macpherson -
Born 1875
Died 1923
British Army SS/7650 Private Army Service Corps
British Army 299217 Private Labour Corps
More about William Wheeler -
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Born 1898
Died 2009
British Army 29295 Lance Corporal 7th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
More about Henry John, Known As Harry Patch -
Born 1900
Died 1916
British Army 15/1784 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 15th Battalion.
More about Horace Iles -
British Army 1195 Private Royal Fusiliers
British Army 1195 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers Depot
More about Ernest Mitchell -
Born 1900
Died 1977
British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment
More about Reginald St John Beardeworth Battersby -
Born 1884
Died 1955
British Army Reverend Royal Army Chaplain's Department 4th Class
More about David Railton.