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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Napier, Charles George Douglas
Head Office, Fire Department
Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation Ltd.
| Date of Death | 15 May 1918, aged 25 |
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| Rank | Captain |
| Regiment | Royal Air Force 48th Squadron |
| Medal or honour | Distinguished Conduct Medal, Military Cross, Médaille Millitaire |
| Additional information | |
| Initially Lance Sergeant in 47th division Cyclist Corps. Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal for conspicuous gallantry on 25 May and 26 May 1915 at Givenchy. Was first member of staff to be decorated. Awarded Military Cross in June 1918 for descending to a height of 100 feet during a low flying bombing attack and dropping four bombs amongst a body of enemy troop causing heavy casualties, for attacking three enemy machines two of which crashed and for displaying the greatest judgment determination and daring. | |
Neems, Percy Vincent Nigel
Bristol
Yorkshire Insurance Company Ltd
| Date of Death | 09 October 1917, aged 19 |
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| Rank | 2nd Lieutenant |
| Regiment | Gloucestershire Regiment 10th Battalion |
| Medal or honour | 1915 Star |
| Additional information | |
| Died of wounds. Roll of honour says died 25 September 1915. | |
Newman, W E
London
North British and Mercantile Insurance Company
| Rank | 2nd Lieutenant |
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| Regiment | London Regiment |
| Medal or honour | 1915 Star |
Newsam, A L
Head Office
Fine Art and General Insurance Company Ltd.
| Rank | Bombardier |
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| Regiment | Royal Field Artillery |
| Medal or honour | 1915 Star |
Niddrie, R K
United States
Yorkshire Insurance Company Ltd
| Rank | Sergeant |
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| Regiment | US Army 165th Infantry 42nd Division |
| Medal or honour | Regimental Citation Bravery in Action |
Noble, John G
Edinburgh
Union Assurance Society Ltd.
| Date of Death | 27 August 1918, aged 22 |
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| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | The Royal Scots Regiment 4th Battalion |
| Medal or honour | Military Medal |
| Additional information | |
| Appointed 1912. Decorated 1918 while in Palestine. Killed in the taking of Mont Kemmel, France. | |
Noden, Frank H
Manchester
Commercial Union Assurance Company Ltd.
| Date of Death | 03 December 1918 |
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| Rank | 2nd Lieutenant |
| Regiment | Royal Garrison Artillery 319th Siege Battery |
| Medal or honour | Military Medal |
| Additional information | |
| Died of pneumonia. | |
Norie-Miller, Francis
General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation Ltd.
| Medal or honour | Medaille du Roi Albert |
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| Additional information | |
Awarded 1921 for services to Belgian refugees.
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