CAPTAIN GEORGE MALING, RAMC, EARNED HIS VICTORIA CROSS FOR HEROIC ACTION AT FAUQUISSART, FRANCE, IN 1915, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN ACQUIRIED BY THE LORD ASHCROFT VC COLLECTION. |
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10 October 2023 |
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Medal entitlement of Captain George Maling, Royal Army Medical Corps
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The Victoria Cross and WWI campaign medals awarded to Captain George Maling, Royal Army Medical Corps, att'd 12th Bn, The Rifle Brigade, have been acquired privately by the Lord Ashcroft VC Collection. The George Maling VC group had previously been on loan to the Museum of Military Medicine at Mytchett, Surrey. For the award of the Victoria Cross [ London Gazette, 18 November 1915 ], Fauquissart, France, 25 September 1915, T / Lieutenant George Allan Maling, RAMC ( att'd 12th Bn, The Rifle Brigade ).
For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty during the heavy fighting near Fauquissart on 25th September 1915. George Maling was invested with his Victoria Cross by King George V at Buckingham Palace on the 15th January 1916. |
Iain Stewart, 10 October 2023