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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Gallagher, Joseph W
Dublin
Railway Passengers Assurance Company
| Rank | Corporal |
|---|---|
| Regiment | Royal Army Medical Corps |
| Medal or honour | Military Medal, Croix de Guerre, 1915 Star |
Gardiner, E M
Liverpool
Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation Ltd.
| Date of Death | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Rank | 2nd Lieutenant |
| Regiment | The King's (Liverpool Regiment) |
| Medal or honour | Military Cross |
| Additional information | |
| Clerk. Decorated by July 1917 for "charging with a few men and capturing two machine guns that were holding up the advance." | |
Garwood, E I
London
North British and Mercantile Insurance Company
| Rank | Lance Corporal |
|---|---|
| Regiment | Hertfordshire Yeomanry |
| Medal or honour | 1915 Star |
Gilchrist, Hugh
Glasgow
City of Glasgow Life Assurance Company
| Rank | Sergeant |
|---|---|
| Regiment | Highland Light Infantry 9th Battalion |
| Medal or honour | Military Medal |
| Additional information | |
Wounded five times.
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Gillespie, W D
Edinburgh
North British and Mercantile Insurance Company
| Rank | Captain |
|---|---|
| Regiment | The Royal Scots Regiment |
| Medal or honour | 1914 - 1915 Star, Military Cross |
Gilray, George H
Edinburgh Life Assurance Company
| Rank | Company Sergeant Major |
|---|---|
| Regiment | The Royal Scots Regiment |
| Medal or honour | Distinguished Conduct Medal |
| Additional information | |
| Award gazetted 1 May 1918 for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. After all the officers had become casualties, he led his company to the final objective and consolidated the position captured with great skill and efficiency. His gallantry and fine leadership set a most inspiring example to all ranks. Ended the war with rank of Regimental Sergeant Major. | |
Gordon, Ronald Robert Jocelyn
London, Accountants Department
Yorkshire Insurance Company Ltd
| Rank | Captain |
|---|---|
| Regiment | Essex Regiment 4th Battalion attached Machine Gun Corps |
| Medal or honour | Distinguished Conduct Medal |
| Additional information | |
| Initially enlisted as a private in London Regiment (London Scottish) 1st/14th Battalion. Award gazetted 18 February 1915. Citation 1 April 1915. As Lance Corporal was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant to Essex Regiment 4th Battalian 18 August 1915. Seconded for duty with Machine Gun Corps 22 February 1916. Gazetted acting Captain 1 June 1917. | |
Gough, R A
London
North British and Mercantile Insurance Company
| Rank | 2nd Lieutenant |
|---|---|
| Regiment | The King's (Liverpool Regiment) |
| Medal or honour | 1914 Star |
Grant, James Warwick
Glasgow
Scottish Union and National Insurance Company
| Rank | Captain |
|---|---|
| Regiment | Cameron Highlanders 5th Battalion |
| Medal or honour | Military Cross |
| Additional information | |
None
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Greaves, Charles Edwin
London
Edinburgh Life Assurance Company
| Rank | 2nd Lieutenant |
|---|---|
| Regiment | Middlesex Regiment |
| Medal or honour | Military Cross |
| Additional information | |
| Inspector. Enlisted London Regiment 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles). According to official citation "after the officers of another unit had become casualties he reorganised this unit holding the trench with great courage and determination until relieved." | |
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