THE VICTORIA CROSS AWARDED TO CORPORAL HERMAN GOOD, 13TH BN ( ROYAL HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA ), HAS BEEN ACQUIRED BY THE CANADIAN WAR MUSEUM.
11 December 2013


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Medal entitlement of Corporal Herman Good,
13th Bn ( Royal Highlanders of Canada ), CEF

  • Victoria Cross
  • British War Medal ( 1914-20 )
  • Victory Medal ( 1914-19 )
  • King George VI Coronation Medal ( 1937 )
  • Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal ( 1953 )
  • Canadian Centennial Medal ( 1967 )

The Victoria Cross and First World War campaign medals awarded to Corporal Herman Good, 13th Bn ( Royal Highlanders of Canada ), Canadian Expeditionary Force, have been acquired by the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.


For the award of the Victoria Cross

[ London Gazette, 27 September 1918 ], Hangard Wood, France, 8 August 1918, Corporal Herman James Good, 13th Bn, Quebec Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force.

For most conspicuous bravery and leading when in attack ( Hangard Wood, France ) his company was held up by heavy fire from three machine guns, which were seriously delaying the advance. Realising the gravity of the situation, this N.C.O. dashed forward alone, killing several of the garrison and capturing the remainder. Later on Corporal Good, while alone, encountered a battery of 5.9-inch guns, which were in action at the time. Collecting three men of his section, he charged the battery under point-blank fire and captured the entire crews of three guns.

Herman Good was invested with his Victoria Cross by King George V at Buckingham Palace on the 29th March 1919.


Following his discharge from the Army on 26 April 1919 Herman Good spent much of his later life in lumbering operations in the Bathhurst area, and later became a warden for game and fish, as well as acting as a fire warden in the same district. Herman Good died on the 18th April 1969 and was buried in St Alban's Cemetery, Bathhurst, New Brunswick.

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Iain Stewart, 11 December 2013