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NORTH YORKSHIRE
NORTH YORKSHIRE
Name
Edward,
COOPERTom,
DRESSERFrederick William,
HEDGESAlan Richard,
HILL-WALKERRank
Major
Private
T / Lieutenant
Major Force
12th Bn, King's Royal Rifle Corps
7th Bn, Yorkshire Regiment
Bedfordshire Regiment
attd 6th Bn, Northamptonshire Regiment2nd Bn, Northamptonshire Regiment VC won
Langemarck, Belgium,
16 August 1917Roeux, France,
12 May 1917Bousies, France,
24 October 1918Laing's Nek, 1st Boer War,
28 January 1881London Gaz
14 September 1917
27 June 1917
31 January 1919
14 March 1882 Born
Stockton-on-Tees,
4 May 1896Huby, near Easingwold,
6 April 1891Umballa, India,
22 November 1896Northallerton,
12 July 1859Died
19 August 1985,
Stockton-on-Tees9 April 1982,
Middlesbrough29 May 1954,
Harrogate21 April 1944,
ThirskGrave
Teeside Crematorium, Acklam Road, Middlesbrough
Thorntree RC Cemetery, Middlesbrough
Stonefall Crematorium, Harrogate
St Michael and All Angels Churchyard, Maunby Location
of VCPreston Hall Museum, Eaglescliffe, Stockton-on-Tees
Green Howards Museum, Richmond
Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment Museum, Luton
Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, LondonRemarks
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Name
Stanley Elton,
HOLLISRichard Douglas,
SANDFORDJames Alexander,
SMITHThomas,
WILKINSONRank
Company Sergeant Major
Lieutenant
Private
Bombardier Force
6th Bn, Green Howards
Royal Navy *
( HM Submarine C-3 )3rd Bn ( att'd 2nd Bn ), Border Regiment
Royal Marine Artillery VC won
Normandy, D-Day Landings,
6 June 1944Zeebrugge, Belgium,
22-23 April 1918Rouges Banc, France,
21 December 1914Sebastopol, Crimea,
7 June 1855London Gaz
17 August 1944
23 July 1918
18 February 1915
24 February 1857 Born
Middlesbrough,
21 September 1921The Close, Exeter, Devon,
11 May 1891Workington, Cumberland,
5 January 1881York,
1831Died
8 February 1972,
Loftus, Yorkshire23 November 1918,
Grangetown, Yorkshire21 May 1968,
Middlesbrough22 September 1887,
YorkGrave
Acklam Cemetery, Middlesbrough
Eston Cemetery, Middlesbrough
Teeside Crematorium, Acklam Road, Middlesbrough
York Cemetery
( image courtesy Victoria Cross Trust )Location
of VCGreen Howards Museum, Richmond
Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Devon
Border Regiment Museum, Carlisle
Royal Marine Museum, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Remarks
None
* Raid on Zeebrugge
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