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Acting Corporal Edward Dwyer, East Surrey Regiment - a Victoria Cross hero
Acting Corporal Edward Dwyer was awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery at Hill 60, Ypres...
Herbert Henry Bowerman of Worplesdon
Bert Bowerman of Worplesdon, who served with the 2nd Battalion, the Queen's, left a handful of...
Henry Deacon Ritchie, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards
Second Lieutenant Haydn Eric William Rayner
Junior British Officers survived, on average, six weeks in the bloodiest periods on the Western...
Private William James Carpenter
William James Carpenter was born in Weybridge on 25 March 1894 but died far from home in India after...
Private W Dean
W Dean appears on three Weybridge memorials but a connection with Weybridge has proven difficult to...
Private Richard Pelham Collins
Richard was one of the earliest Weybridge volunteers as he entered the theatre of war on the...
Private Thomas Cutler
A Company and part of B Squadron of King Edward’s Horse had the unenviable task of holding the...
Private Gilbert Charles Dickens
Gilbert enlisted, in London, on 9 August 1914. In 1918 he survived gunshot wounds to both legs and...