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Name | Alfred, ABLETT |
Henry, ADDISON |
Geoffrey Leonard, CHESHIRE |
James Morris Colquhon, COLVIN |
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Rank | Sergeant | Private | Group Captain | Colonel |
Force | 3rd Bn, Grenadier Guards | 43rd Regiment ( Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire LI ) |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | Corps of Bengal Sappers & Miners |
VC won | Sebastopol, Crimea, 2 September 1855 |
Kurrereah, Indian Mutiny, 2 January 1859 |
Flying Duties, 1940 - 1944 |
Mohmand Campaign, India, 16 - 17 September 1897 |
London Gaz | 24 February 1857 | 2 September 1859 | 8 September 1944 | 20 May 1898 |
Born | Weybread, 3 April 1830 |
Bardwell, February 1821 |
Chester, 7 September 1917 |
Bijnor, North West Frontier, India, 26 August 1870 |
Died | 12 March 1897, Poplar, E London, |
18 June 1887, Bardwell |
31 July 1992, Cavendish |
7 December 1945, Stanway |
Grave | St Andrew's Churchyard, Weybread ( grave not marked ) |
St Peter & St Paul Churchyard, Bardwell | Cavendish Churchyard ( opposite St Mary's Church ) |
Ipswich Crematorium |
Location of VC |
Grenadier Guards RHQ, Wellington Barracks, London | Royal Green Jackets Museum, Winchester | Lord Ashcroft Gallery Imperial War Museum, London |
Not publicly held |
Remarks | DCM | None | OM DSO & 2 Bars DFC | None |
SUFFOLK
Name
Samuel,
HARVEYRawdon Hume,
MIDDLETONArthur Frederick,
SAUNDERSPeter Harold,
WRIGHTRank
Private
Pilot Officer
Sergeant
Company Sergeant Major Force
1st Bn, York and Lancaster Regiment
Royal Australian Air Force
att'd 149 Squadron Royal Air Force9th (S) Bn, Suffolk Regiment
3rd Bn, Coldstream Guards VC won
Loos, France,
29 September 1915Raid on Turin, Italy,
28 - 29 November 1942Loos, France,
26 September 1915Salerno, Italy,
25 September 1943London Gaz
18 November 1915
15 January 1943
30 March 1916
7 September 1944 Born
Basford, Nottinghamshire
17 September 1881Sydney, NSW, Australia,
22 July 1916Ipswich,
23 April 1878Mettingham,
10 August 1916Died
23 September 1960,
Stowmarket29 November 1942,
during VC action30 July 1947,
Ipswich5 April 1990,
IpswichGrave
Ipswich Old Cemetery
St John's Churchyard, Beck Row
( 5 February 1943 )Ipswich Borough Crematorium
All Saints Churchyard, Ashbocking Location
of VCNot publicly held
Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Suffolk Regiment Museum, Bury St Edmunds
Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, LondonRemarks
None
Body washed ashore on 1 February 1943 following aircraft crash
None
Wright's DCM substituted for the VC on the instructions of King George VI