Private Thomas Jones VC DCM - 1st Bn, 22nd ( Cheshire ) Regiment


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Name George Harold,
EARDLEY
Cyril Edward,
GOURLEY
Thomas Egerton,
HALE
Alfred Ernest,
IND
Rank Company Sergeant Major Captain Lieutenant Colonel Farrier Sergeant
Force 4th Bn, King's Shropshire Light Infantry 276th ( West Lancashire ) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
7th Regiment
( Royal Fusiliers )
Royal Horse Artillery
VC won Overloon, The Netherlands,
16 October 1944
Epehy, France,
30 November 1917
Sebastopol, Crimea,
8 September 1855
Orange River, 2nd Boer War,
20 December 1901
London Gaz 2 January 1945 13 February 1918 5 May 1857 15 August 1902
Born Congleton,
6 May 1912
Liverpool,
19 January 1893
Nantwich,
24 September 1832
Tetbury, Gloucestershire,
16 September 1872
Died 11 September 1991,
Congleton
31 January 1982,
Haslemere, Surrey
25 December 1909,
Acton
29 November 1916,
Eccleston
Grave Macclesfield Crematorium Grange Cemetery, West Kirby St Mary's Churchyard, Acton
( image courtesy Victoria Cross Trust )
St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Eccleston
( image courtesy Victoria Cross Trust )
Location
of VC
Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London
Royal Artillery Museum
( A new museum is planned on Salisbury Plain )
Museum of Military Medicine, Mytchett Not publicly held
Remarks MM MM CB None

CHESHIRE

Name Thomas Alfred,
JONES
John,
O'NEILL


Rank Private Lieutenant

Force 1st Bn, Cheshire Regiment 2nd Bn, Prince of Wales Leinster Regiment

VC won Morval, Somme, France,
25 September 1916
Moorseele, Belgium,
14 October 1918


London Gaz 26 October 1916 26 December 1918

Born Runcorn,
25 December 1880
Airdrie, Lanarkshire,
27 January 1897


Died 30 January 1956,
Runcorn
16 October 1942,
Hoylake


Grave Runcorn Cemetery Holy Trinity Churchyard, Hoylake

Location
of VC
Cheshire Regiment Museum, Chester Not publicly held

Remarks DCM MM
VC stolen from Seaby & Sons, London, on 13 February 1962


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