THE VICTORIA CROSS MEDAL GROUP AWARDED TO BRIGADIER GENERAL GEORGE GROGAN, THE WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT, HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED ON LOAN BY THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM. |
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May 2011 |
The Victoria Cross, Orders, decorations and campaign medals awarded to Brigadier General George Grogan of the Worcestershire Regiment, commanding the 23rd Infantry Brigade, have been acquired on loan by the Imperial War Museum and are on display in the Lord Ashcroft VC Gallery.
Early morning on the 27th May 1918 T / Brigadier General George Grogan was given instructions by Major General Heneker ( 8th Division ) to take command of all the men in the Vesle area for a mile either side of the village of Jonchery and to organize the defence of the south bank of the River Aisne. For the award of the Victoria Cross. [ London Gazette, 25 July 1918 ], River Aisne, France, 27 May 1918, Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel ( T / Brigadier General ) George William St George Grogan, Worcestershire Regiment, commanding 23rd Infantry Brigade.
For most conspicuous bravery and leadership throughout three days of intense fighting ( River Aisne, France ).
George Grogan was invested with his Victoria Cross by King George V at Ranchicourt ( HQ 1st Army ) France, on the 8th August 1918.
[ London Gazette, 11 May 1917 ], Created a Companion to the Distinguished Service Order ( DSO ), Major ( T / Lieutenant Colonel ) George William St George Grogan, Worcestershire Regiment.
[ London Gazette, 26 July 1918 ], Awarded a Bar to the Distinguished Service Order ( DSO ), Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel ( T / Brigadier General ) George William St George Grogan, Worcestershire Regiment.
Following the end of the First World War George Grogan was given command of the 1st Brigade of the North Russia Relief Force whose mission was to evacuate the fronts at Archangel and Murmansk. Holders of the Victoria Cross who were part of the NRRF included ( rank at the time )
Lieutenant Colonel Grogan joined the 3rd Bn, Worcestershire Regiment in February 1920 to 1923 and was responsible for bringing the battalion home from India. In October 1923 he reached substantive rank of Colonel and went to Aldershot to command 5th Infantry Brigade. Grogan retired from the army as an honorary Brigadier-General in 1926. George Grogan died at his home in Sunningdale, Berkshire, on the 3rd January 1962 and was cremated in Woking Crematorium. |
Iain Stewart, 16 May 2011