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Name | Robert James, BYE |
John Joseph, CAFFREY |
Charles Ernest, GARFORTH |
Robert, HUMPSTON |
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Rank | Sergeant Major | Lance Corporal | Sergeant | Private |
Force | 1st Bn, Welsh Guards | 2nd Bn, York & Lancaster Regiment | 15th King's Hussars | 2nd Bn, Rifle Brigade |
VC won | Yser Canal, Belgium, 31 July 1917 |
La Brique, France, 16 November 1915 |
Harmingnies, France, 23 August 1914 |
Sebastopol, Crimea, 22 April 1855 |
London Gaz | 6 September 1917 | 22 January 1916 | 16 November 1914 | 24 February 1857 |
Born | Pontypridd, Glamorgan, 12 December 1889 |
Birr, King's Co, Ireland, 23 October 1891 |
Willesden Green, NW London, 23 October 1891 |
Derby, 1832 |
Died | 23 August 1962, Warsop |
25 February 1953, Derby |
1 July 1973, Beeston |
22 December 1884, Nottingham |
Grave | Warsop Cemetery | Wilford Hill Cemetery, Nottingham | Wilford Hill Cemetery Crematorium, Nottingham ( headstone erected August 2008 ) |
General Cemetery, Nottingham ( headstone erected September 2007 ) |
Location of VC |
Welsh Guards RHQ, Wellington Barracks, London | York & Lancaster Regiment Museum, Rotherham | Lord Ashcroft Gallery Imperial War Museum, London |
Derby Museum & Art Gallery |
Remarks | None | None | None | None |
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Name
William Henry,
JOHNSONSamuel,
MORLEYHarry,
NICHOLLSWalter Richard,
PARKERRank
Sergeant
Private
Corporal
Lance Corporal Force
1 / 5th Bn, Sherwood Foresters
2nd Bn, Military Train
3rd Bn, Grenadier Guards
Royal Marine Light Infantry
Royal Naval DivisionVC won
Ramicourt, France,
3 October 1918Azimgurh, Indian Mutiny,
15 April 1858River Scheldt, Belgium,
21 May 1940Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli,
30 April - 1 May 1915London Gaz
14 December 1918
7 August 1860
30 July 1940
22 June 1917 Born
Worksop,
15 October 1890Radcliffe on Trent,
December 1829Nottingham,
21 April 1918Grantham, Lincolnshire,
20 September 1881Died
25 April 1945,
Arnold16 June 1888,
Nottingham11 September 1975,
Leeds27 November 1931,
StaplefordGrave
Redhill Cemetery, Nottingham
General Cemetery, Nottingham
Wilford Hill Cemetery, Nottingham
Stapleford Cemetery Location
of VCSherwood Foresters Museum, Nottingham
Royal Logistic Corps Museum, Worthy Down, Hampshire
Grenadier Guards RHQ, Wellington Barracks, London
Royal Marines Museum, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Remarks
None
None
Postumous VC awarded believing Nicholls killed in action
None
Name
Robert ( Rupert ),
SHERBROOKERank
Rear Admiral
Force
Royal Navy *
VC won
Off North Cape, Norway,
31 December 1942London Gaz
12 January 1943
Born
Oxton,
8 January 1901Died
13 June 1972,
OxtonGrave
St Peter & St Paul's Churchyard, Oxton
Location
of VCNot publicly held
Remarks
CB DSO
* HMS Onslow