THE LORD ASHCROFT VC COLLECTION HAS ACQUIRED THE VICTORIA CROSS AND OTHER ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MEDALS, AWARDED TO BRIGADIER PERCY HANSEN, 6TH BN, LINCOLSHIRE REGIMENT. |
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3 March 2017 |
The Victoria Cross, Orders, decorations and campaign medals awarded to Brigadier Percy Hansen, 6th Bn, Lincolnshire Regiment, has been acquired by the Michael Ashcroft Trust, the holding institution for the Lord Ashcroft VC Collection. The Percy Hansen VC group had previously been on loan and on display in the Imperial War Museum's Lord Ashcroft Gallery where it will remain.
For the award of the Victoria Cross [ London Gazette, 1 October 1915 ], Yilghin Burnu, Gallipoli, 9 August 1915, Captain Percy Howard Hansen, 6th Bn, Lincolnshire Regiment.
For most conspicuous bravery on 9th August 1915, at Yilghin Burnu, Gallipoli Peninsula.
Percy Hansen was invested with his Victoria Cross by King George V at Buckingham Palace on 4th December 1915.
For the award of the Military Cross ( MC )
[ London Gazette, 29 October 1915 ], Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, 9 September 1915, T / Major Percy Howard Hansen VC, 6th Bn, Lincolnshire Regiment.
The undertaking was hazardous. One occasion he met a part of 12 Turks who did not see him, and later a single Turk whom he lulled. Major Hansen returned to our lines in a state of great exhaustion.
For the award of the Distinguished Service Order ( DSO )
[ London Gazette, 16 September 1918 ], Passchendale, Belgium, 1917, Lieutenant Colonel Percy Howard Hansen VC MC, Brigade Major to 170 Infantry Brigade
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Iain Stewart, 3 March 2017