Employees honoured
Staff of Aviva constituent companies decorated for their actions in the 1914–1918 War.
”Home dwellers can never know what these men are suffering and cheerfully too, that they may live in safety, and in the days to come you can never think enough or do enough for any of these brave fellows who have marched and fought and bled for their country“
- Army Chaplain William Menzies
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Ballard, R C
Head Office
Railway Passengers Assurance Company
| Rank | Lieutenant |
|---|---|
| Regiment | Middlesex Regiment |
| Medal or honour | 1914 Star |
Ball, J P
Manchester
London and Lancashire Life and General Assurance Association
| Rank | Lieutenant |
|---|---|
| Medal or honour | Military Cross |
| Additional information | |
| Decorated January 1918. | |
Bane, L A
Commercial Union Assurance Company Ltd.
| Rank | Captain |
|---|---|
| Regiment | The King's (Liverpool Regiment) |
| Medal or honour | Croix de Guerre |
Barclay, H F
Head Office, Board of Directors
North British and Mercantile Insurance Company
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
|---|---|
| Regiment | Bedfordshire Regiment 4th Battalion Commanding 6th Battalion |
| Medal or honour | 1914 - 1915 Star, Order of St John of Jerusalem in England |
| Additional information | |
| Also Commanding Northumberland Fusiliers 30th Battalion. | |
Barnfield, A S
Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation Ltd.
| Medal or honour | OBE Military Division |
|---|
Bartlett, Robert Walter Harry
Commercial Union Assurance Company Ltd.
| Rank | Corporal |
|---|---|
| Regiment | Royal Field Artillery |
| Medal or honour | Distinguished Conduct Medal |
| Additional information | |
| Began his career with the King Insurance Company Ltd. Distinguished Conduct Medal gazetted 25 November 1916 for conspicuous gallantry in action. "Although wounded he extinguished a fire in an ammunition store, thereby preventing a serious explosion and damage to personnel and material." | |
Bazire, A E
London
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society Ltd.
| Medal or honour | Military Medal |
|---|---|
| Additional information | |
| Dispatch runner. Carried necessary and important messages through the danger zone at a critical time. | |
Beaton, J A W
Edinburgh
North British and Mercantile Insurance Company
| Rank | Lieutenant |
|---|---|
| Regiment | Royal Marines |
| Medal or honour | 1914 - 1915 Star |
Bird, A W
London
North British and Mercantile Insurance Company
| Rank | Lieutenant |
|---|---|
| Regiment | City of London Yeomanry |
| Medal or honour | 1914 - 1915 Star, Serbian Cross of Karageorge |
Blackmore, G
Northampton
North British and Mercantile Insurance Company
| Rank | Sub Lieutenant |
|---|---|
| Regiment | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve |
| Medal or honour | 1914 Star |
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