Central London
57 veterans in the registry
Central London is the heart of the capital and the London region's hub — Westminster, Whitehall and the City along the Thames. It was the seat of wartime government and bore the brunt of the Blitz. On Immortal Regiment UK, explore the veterans, memorials and stories recorded in and around Central London.
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9 May 2025
Soviet Soldiers Buried in the UK — An Overview
At least 18 named Soviet servicemen are buried in military and municipal cemeteries across England — from Hampshire to Yorkshire. Their graves are maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
9 May 2025
Great Ouseburn Memorial — Major Asimov and the Soviet Military Mission, 1942
On 30 April 1942, a De Havilland Flamingo carrying four members of the Soviet Military Mission to Britain crashed near Great Ouseburn, Yorkshire. Among the dead was Hero of the Soviet Union Major Sergei Asimov, who had made the test flight for Molotov's historic Washington mission.
9 May 2025
Chester (Blacon) Cemetery — Four Soviet Soldiers, Spring 1945
Chester (Blacon) Cemetery in Cheshire holds the graves of four Soviet servicemen — Korsilava, Kardava, Gorin, and Lobshanidze — buried in spring 1945 after dying in a Cheshire military hospital.
9 May 2025
Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery — Three Soviet Soldiers, 1945
Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery in North Yorkshire — predominantly a RAF aircrew burial site — holds three Soviet soldiers buried in 1945: Kapalil, Ustinov, and Kolishev.
9 May 2024
Brookwood Military Cemetery — Russian & Soviet Graves in Surrey
Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey — the largest CWGC cemetery in the UK — contains over 5,000 WWI and WWII burials including some Russian Imperial and Soviet-era military graves.
9 May 2024
Soviet War Memorial, London — A Guide
The Soviet War Memorial in Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park commemorates the 27 million Soviet citizens and service personnel who died for the Allied Victory in the Second World War. Unveiled 9 May 1999.
Veterans
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Montgomery Bernard Law
1887 – 1976
Field Marshal
21st Army Group
Slim William
1891 – 1970
Field Marshal
14th Army
Gibson Guy
1918 – 1944
Wing Commander
No. 617 Squadron RAF
Goldstein David Samoilovich
1914 – 1984
Lieutenant Colonel
Military Intelligence
Ilyushin Sergei Vladimirovich
1894 – 1977
Lieutenant General of Engineering
Central Design Bureau
Skarbek Krystyna
1908 – 1952
Agent
SOE / Special Air Service
Berezin Mikhail Konstantinovich
1926 – 2018
Corporal
150th Rifle Division
Hargreaves Thomas
1920 – 1944
Lance Corporal
2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards
Vasileva Elena
1925 – 2018
Private
Leningrad Factory Workers Brigade
Gromov Mikhail
1918 – 1996
Major
Soviet 16th Air Army
White Stanley
1921 – 1944
Corporal
2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment
Smirnova Victoria
1920 – 2005
Captain
Soviet Air Force, 586th Fighter Regiment
Petrov Grigory Ivanovich
1918 – 1995
Senior Sergeant
45th Guards Rifle Division
Petrova Nadia
1926 – 2019
Private
Leningrad Civil Defence
Mitchell Douglas
1920 – 1944
Lieutenant
6th Airborne Division
Smythe Reginald Charles
1910 – 1940
Rifleman
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Murphy Patrick Seamus
1920 – 1944
Trooper
6th Airborne Division
Foster Grace Lillian
1918 – 1944
Second Officer
Women's Royal Naval Service
Moreau Jean-Pierre
1916 – 1944
Sous-Lieutenant
Free French Forces — 2nd Armoured Division
O'Shea Connor Patrick
1916 – 1945
Lieutenant
Irish Guards
Baryshnikova Tatiana
1910 – 1995
Civilian
BBC Russian Service
Strachan Billy
1921 – 1998
Flight Lieutenant
No. 76 Squadron RAF
Petrova Olga
1915 – 2002
Lieutenant
War Office Intelligence
Adeyemi Samuel
1920 – 1999
Sergeant
No. 100 Group RAF
Wei Chen
1916 – 1986
Able Seaman
Merchant Navy - Blue Funnel Line
Stern Mordechai
1919 – 2003
Lance Corporal
Jewish Brigade Group
Goldstein Isaac
1915 – 1989
Private
Jewish Brigade Group
Okafor Benjamin
1920 – 1995
Sergeant
Royal West African Frontier Force
Edwards Mary
1917 – 2004
Captain
Special Operations Executive
Hargreaves Dorothy
1922 – 2010
Entertainer
ENSA (Entertainments National Service Association)
Singh Rajendra
1915 – 1992
Lascar
SS Empire Dorado
Banks Arthur
1920 – 1998
Petty Officer
HMS Belfast
Kowalski Stanislav
1918 – 1987
Flight Lieutenant
303 (Polish) Squadron RAF
Whitfield George
1916 – 1981
Lieutenant
Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal
Khan Noor Inayat
1914 – 1944
Ensign
SOE — F Section
Harwood Reginald
1920 – 1998
Wing Commander
617 Squadron RAF
Levin Yakov Mikhailovich
1923 – 2005
Partisan Commander
Bielski Partisans, Belarus
Singh Harinder
1918 – 1999
Subedar
4th Indian Division, Royal Indian Army Service Corps
Adekunle Cyril
1916 – 1944
Lance Sergeant
Royal West African Frontier Force
Spencer Violet
1918 – 2003
Ambulance Driver
London Auxiliary Ambulance Service
Solomon Arthur
1919 – 2000
Private
Jewish Brigade Group
Wong Gladys
1922 – 2010
Sergeant
Women's Auxiliary Air Force
Demaine Cyril
1913 – 1985
Squadron Leader
No. 617 Squadron RAF
Grant Cecil
1921 – 2000
Corporal
Pioneer Corps
Zumbach Jan
1915 – 1986
Squadron Leader
303 Polish Squadron RAF
Dugdale Rose
1915 – 1998
Fire Guard
AFS
Mountbatten Patricia
1924 – 2017
Third Officer
WRNS
Greenbaum Samuel
1916 – 1993
Sergeant
Jewish Brigade
Khan Noor
1914 – 1944
Ensign
Special Operations Executive
Greenwood Hilda
1915 – 2001
Superintendent
Women's Voluntary Service