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Name | William, COFFEY |
Fred, GREAVES |
William, GREGG |
Frank Crowther, ROBERTS |
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Rank | Sergeant | Sergeant | Company Sergeant Major | Major General |
Force | 34th Regiment ( Border Regiment ) |
9th Bn, Sherwood Foresters | 13th Bn, Rifle Brigade | Comd. 1st Bn, Worcestershire Regiment |
VC won | Sebastopol, Crimea, 29 March 1855 |
Poelcapelle, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
Bucquoy, France, 8 May 1918 |
Pargny, France, 22 March - 2 April 1918 |
London Gaz | 24 February 1857 | 26 November 1917 | 28 June 1918 | 8 May 1918 |
Born | Knocklong, Co Limerick, Ireland, January 1829 |
Killamarsh, 16 May 1890 |
Heanor, 27 January 1890 |
Highbury, Middlesex, 2 June 1891 |
Died | 13 July 1875, Chesterfield |
8 June 1973, Brimington |
9 August 1969, Heanor |
12 January 1982, Stanhope Bretby |
Grave | Spittal Cemetery, Chesterfield ( image courtesy Victoria Cross Trust ) |
Chesterfield and District Crematorium, Brimington | Heanor Crematorium | St Wystan's Churchyard, Bretby ( Bretby Crematorium ) |
Location of VC |
Border Regiment Museum, Carlisle | Sherwood Foresters Museum, Nottingham | Royal Green Jackets Museum, Winchester | Worcestershire Regiment Museum, Worcester |
Remarks | DCM | None | DCM MM | DSO OBE MC |
DERBYSHIRE
Name
Charles Edwin,
STONESir Henry,
WILMOTRank
Gunner
Colonel
Force
'C' Battery, Royal Field Artillery
2nd Bn, Rifle Brigade
VC won
Caponne Farm, France,
21 March 1918Lucknow, Indian Mutiny,
11 March 1858London Gaz
22 May 1918
24 December 1858
Born
Ripley,
4 February 1889Chaddesden,
3 February 1831Died
29 August 1952,
Derby7 April 1901
BournemouthGrave
Belper Cemetery
St Mary's Churchyard, Chaddesden
( headstones refurbished August 2024 )Location
of VCRoyal Artillery Museum
( A new museum is planned on Salisbury Plain )Not publicly held
Remarks
MM
KCB