![]() |
Name | Thomas Elsdon, ASHFORD |
John Cridland, BARRETT |
William, BEES |
John Worthy, CHAPLIN |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rank | Private | Colonel | Corporal | Colonel |
Force | 7th Regiment ( Royal Fusiliers ) |
1 / 5th Bn, Leicestershire Regiment | 1st Bn, Derbyshire Regiment | 67th Regiment ( Hampshire Regiment ) |
VC won | Deh Khoja, Afghan War, 16 August 1880 |
Pontreut, France, 24 September 1918 |
Moedwill, 2nd Boer War, 30 September 1901 |
Taku Forts, China, 21 August 1860 |
London Gaz | 7 October 1881 | 14 December 1918 | 17 December 1901 | 13 August 1861 |
Born | Newmarket, Suffolk, 1859 |
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, 10 August 1897 |
Midsomer Norton, Somerset, 12 September 1871 |
Ewhurst Park, Hampshire, 23 July 1840 |
Died | 21 February 1913, Whitwick |
7 March 1977, Leicester |
20 June 1938, Coalville |
18 August 1920, Market Harborough |
Grave | Whitwick Cemetery ( image courtesy A Finney ) |
Gilroes Crematorium, Leicester | London Road Cemetery, Coalville | Kibworth villages 'New' Cemetery |
Location of VC |
Royal Fusiliers Museum, Tower of London | Royal Leicestershire Regiment Museum, Leicester | Sherwood Foresters Museum, Nottingham | Royal Hampshire Regiment, Museum, Winchester |
Remarks | None | None | None | CB |
LEICESTERSHIRE
Name
Robert Edward,
CRUICKSHANKJohn,
HANNAHJoseph,
JEECecil Leonard,
KNOXRank
Major
Flight Sergeant
Deputy Surgeon General
Major Force
2 / 14th ( County of London ) Bn
London Regiment ( London Scottish )83 Squadron, Royal Air Force
78th Regiment
( Seaforth Highlanders )150th Field Company
Corps of Royal EngineersVC won
Palestine,
1 May 1918Over Antwerp, Belgium,
15 September 1940Defence of Lucknow, Indian Mutiny,
25 September 1857Tugny, France,
22 March 1918London Gaz
21 June 1918
1 October 1940
8 November 1860
4 June 1918 Born
Winnipeg, Manatoba, Canada,
17 June 1888Paisley, Renfrewshire,
27 November 1921Hartshill, Warwickshire,
9 February 1819Nuneaton, Warwickshire,
9 May 1889Died
30 August 1961,
Blaby9 June 1947,
Markfield17 March 1899,
Queniborough Hall4 February 1943,
NuneatonGrave
Gilroes Crematorium, Leicester
( Ashes: All Saints Churchyard, Blaby )St Jame's Churchyard, Birstall
Ratcliffe College, Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake
Gilroes Crematorium, Leicester Location
of VCLondon Scottish Regiment Museum, London
Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon
Museum of Military Medicine, Mytchett
Not publicly held Remarks
None
None
CB
None