A HEADSTONE HAS RECENTLY BEEN ERECTED OVER THE PREVIOUSLY UNMARKED GRAVE OF SERGEANT WILLIAM CHARLES FULLER VC, WELCH REGIMENT, AN EARLY FIRST WORLD WAR VC RECIPIENT. |
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6 January 2006 |
For the award of the Victoria Cross. [ London Gazette, 23 November 1914 ], Chivy sur Aisne, France, 14 September 1914, 7753 Lance Corporal William Charles Fuller, 2nd Bn, Welch Regiment
For conspicuous gallantry on 14th September 1914 near Chivy on the Aisne, by advancing about 100 yards to pick up Captain Haggard, who was mortally wounded, and carrying him back to cover under very heavy rifle and machine gun fire.
William Fuller was invested with his Victoria Cross by King George V at Buckingham Palace on the 13th January 1915.
Fuller's VC was gazetted on the 23rd November 1914. He was spending the evening at the opening of the Free Soldiers' and Sailors' Club at the Albert Hall in Swansea and was completely unaware of the impending award of the Victoria Cross. He naturally became the hero of the evening.
Medal entitlement of Sergeant William Charles Fuller VC - 2nd Bn, Welch Regiment
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Iain Stewart, 6 January 2006