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Name | Claud Thomas, BOURCHIER |
William Francis, BURMAN |
Harry, CATOR |
William Mordaunt, EDWARDS |
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Rank | Colonel | Sergeant | Captain | Major |
Force | 3rd Bn, Rifle Brigade | 16th Bn, Rifle Brigade | 7th Bn, East Surrey Regiment | 2nd Bn, Highland Light Infantry |
VC won | Sebastopol, Crimea, 20 November 1854 |
Bulgar Wood, Ypres, Belgium, 20 September 1917 |
Arras, France, 9 April 1917 |
Arabi Pasha Rebellion, Egypt, 13 September 1882 |
London Gaz | 24 February 1857 | 26 November 1917 | 8 June 1917 | 13 February 1883 |
Born | Brayford, Devon, 22 April 1831 |
Stepney, E London, 30 August 1897 |
Drayton, 24 January 1894 |
Hardingham, 7 May 1855 |
Died | 18 November 1877, Hove, Sussex |
23 October 1974, Cromer |
7 April 1966, Norwich |
17 September 1912, Hardingham |
Grave | St Andrew's Churchyard, Buxton | St Faith's Crematorium, Norwich ( ashes: Golders Green Crematorium ) |
Sprowston Cemetery | St George's Churchyard, Hardingham ( source: Memorials to Valour ) |
Location of VC |
Royal Green Jackets Museum, Winchester | Lord Ashcroft Gallery Imperial War Museum, London |
Lord Ashcroft Gallery Imperial War Museum, London |
Lord Ashcroft Gallery Imperial War Museum, London |
Remarks | None | None | MM | None |
NORFOLK
Name
David Auldgo
JAMIESONVictor Buller,
TURNERSir Arthur Knyvet,
WILSONRank
Major
Lieutenant Colonel
Admiral of the Fleet
Force
7th Bn, Royal Norfolk Regiment
2nd Bn, Rifle Brigade
( Prince Consort's Own )Royal Navy ( Naval Brigade )
VC won
River Orne Bridgehead, France,
7 - 8 August 1944El Alamein, Egypt,
27 October 1942Mahdi Rebellion, Sudan,
29 February 1884London Gaz
26 October 1944
20 November 1942
21 May 1884
Born
Thornham,
1 October 1920Thatcham, Berkshire,
17 January 1900Swaffham,
4 March 1842Died
5 May 2001,
Burnham Market7 August 1972,
Ditchingham, Suffolk25 May 1921,
SwaffhamGrave
St Margaret Churchyard, Burnham Norton
St Faith's Crematorium, Norwich
( Ashes: St Mary's Churchyard, Ditchingham )St Peter & St Paul's Churchyard, Swaffham
( image courtesy Victoria Cross Trust )Location
of VCRoyal Norfolk Regiment Museum, Norfolk
Royal Green Jackets Museum, Winchester
Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
Remarks
CVO
CVO
GCB OM GCVO