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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Darling, W Y
Edinburgh Life Assurance Company
| Rank | Captain |
|---|---|
| Regiment | The Royal Scots Regiment |
| Medal or honour | Military Cross |
| Additional information | |
| Later awarded CBE for services after the war in Ireland. | |
Darvill, Alfred Wallace
London, West End
North British and Mercantile Insurance Company
| Date of Death | 12 May 1915, aged 22 |
|---|---|
| Rank | Able Seaman |
| Regiment | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Drake Battalion Royal Naval Division |
| Medal or honour | 1914 Star |
| Additional information | |
| Died of wounds received in Gallipoli aboard Hospital Ship Braemar Castle. Buried at sea. | |
Davis, S Thomas
Head Office, Accident Department
Union Assurance Society Ltd.
| Rank | Captain |
|---|---|
| Regiment | Royal Field Artillery 235th Brigade |
| Medal or honour | Military Cross |
Dawson, Harold B
Leeds
London and Lancashire Life and General Assurance Association
| Rank | Lieutenant |
|---|---|
| Regiment | Royal Field Artillery |
| Medal or honour | Military Cross |
| Additional information | |
| Inspector. Enlisted at the start of the war. Decorated January 1917 for conspicuous gallantry. | |
Dawson, H B
London and Lancashire Life and General Assurance Association
| Rank | Captain |
|---|---|
| Regiment | Royal Field Artillery |
| Medal or honour | Military Cross |
| Additional information | |
| Decorated June 1918. | |
Dawson, H B
Leeds
London and Lancashire Life and General Assurance Association
| Rank | Lieutenant |
|---|---|
| Medal or honour | Military Cross |
Dawson, H C
London
North British and Mercantile Insurance Company
| Rank | Private |
|---|---|
| Regiment | Dragoon Guards |
| Medal or honour | 1914 Star |
Day, H V
Leicester
Fine Art and General Insurance Company Ltd.
| Rank | Lieutenant |
|---|---|
| Regiment | Inniskilling Dragoons |
| Medal or honour | 1914 Star |
Dibley, George E
London
The Northern Assurance Company Ltd.
| Rank | Lance Corporal |
|---|---|
| Regiment | The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 1st Battalion |
| Medal or honour | Military Medal |
| Additional information | |
Appointed 1912. Decorated July 1918 for sending telephone messages under heavy shell fire.
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Dillon, Edward Joseph
London Head Office
North British and Mercantile Insurance Company
| Date of Death | 24 April 1918, aged 23 |
|---|---|
| Rank | 2nd Lieutenant |
| Regiment | Royal Air Force 7th Training Depot Station |
| Medal or honour | Military Medal |
| Additional information | |
| Killed while flying. | |
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