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Name | Harry, CHRISTIAN |
James, HEWITSON |
Tom Fletcher, MAYSON |
Samuel, WASSALL |
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Rank | Private | Corporal | Lance Sergeant | Private |
Force | 2nd Bn, King's Own ( Royal Lancaster ) Regiment | 4th Bn, King's Own ( Royal Lancaster ) Regiment | 4th Bn, King's Own ( Royal Lancaster ) Regiment | 80th Regiment ( South Staffordshire Regiment ) |
VC won | Cuinchy, France, 18 October 1915 |
Givenchy, France, 26 April 1918 |
Wieltje, Belgium, 31 July 1917 |
Isandhlwana, Zululand, 22 January 1879 |
London Gaz | 3 March 1916 | 28 June 1918 | 14 September 1917 | 17 June 1879 |
Born | Pennington, 17 January 1892 |
Coniston, 15 October 1892 |
Silecroft, 3 November 1893 |
Birmingham, 28 July 1856 |
Died | 2 September 1974, West Cumberland Hospital, Hensingham, Whitehaven |
2 March 1963, Ulverston |
21 February 1958, Barrow-in-Furness |
31 January 1927, Barrow-in-Furness |
Grave | Egremont Cemetery | St Andrew's Churchyard, Coniston ( image courtesty Margaret Dickinson ) |
St Mary's Churchyard, Whicham | Barrow-in-Furness Cemetery ( headstone erected 1985 ) |
Location of VC |
King's Own ( Royal Lancaster ) Regiment Museum, Lancaster | Not publicly held | King's Own ( Royal Lancaster ) Regiment Museum, Lancaster | Staffordshire Regiment Museum, Lichfield |
Remarks | None | None | None | None |