Private Arthur Gurney VC - 2 / 48th Bn, Australian Imperial Force

KNOWN GRAVES OF HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
IN: EGYPT

Name BADLU SINGH John Charles,
CAMPBELL		 Percival, Eric,
GRATWICK		 Arthur, Stanley,
GURNEY
Rank Ressaidar Major-General Private Private
Force 14th Murray's Jat Lancers
( att'd 29th Lancers ( Deccan Horse ))		 Royal Horse Artillery
att'd command 7th Armoured Division		 2 / 48th Bn, AIF 2 / 48th Bn, AIF
VC won Khes Samariveh, Palestine,
23 September 1918		 Sidi Rezegh, Libya,
21 November 1941		 Miteiriya Ridge, Egypt,
25 - 26 October 1942		 Tel-el-Eisa, Egypt,
22 July 1942
London Gaz 27 November 1918 3 February 1942 28 January 1943 14 September 1942
Born Dhakla Village, Punjab, India,
November 1876		 Thurso, Caithness,
10 January 1894		 Katanning, Western Australia,
19 October 1902		 Dayawn, Western Australia,
15 December 1908
Died 23 September 1918,
Palestine (Israel)		 26 February 1942,
Libya		 26 October 1942,
Egypt		 22 July 1942,
Egypt *
Grave No known grave
Name on Heliopolis Memorial, Egypt		 Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt
Location
of VC		 Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London		 Royal Artillery Museum
( A new museum is planned on Salisbury Plain )		 Australian Army Museum of Western Australia, Fremantle Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Remarks None DSO & Bar, MC
* Died in a car accident		 None None

EGYPT

Name Ernest, George,
HORLOCK		 William, Henry,
KIBBY		 Graham, Thomson,
LYALL		 Samuel,
NEEDHAM
Rank Battery Sergeant-Major Sergeant Colonel Private
Force 113th Bty, Royal Field Artillery 2 / 48th Bn, AIF 102nd Canadian Infantry Bn, CEF
& Royal Army Ordnance Corps		 5th Bn, Bedfordshire Regiment
VC won Vendresse, France,
15 September 1914		 Miteiriya Ridge, Egypt,
23 - 31 October 1942		 Bourlon Wood, France,
27 September 1918		 Kefr Kasim, Palestine,
10 - 11 September 1918
London Gaz 25 November 1914 28 January 1943 14 December 1918 30 October 1918
Born Alton, Hampshire,
24 October 1885		 Winlaton, Co Durham,
15 April 1903		 Manchester,
8 March 1892		 Great Limber, Lincolnshire,
16 August 1885
Died 30 December 1917,
Off Alexandria, Egypt		 31 October 1942,
Egypt *		 28 November 1941,
Egypt		 4 November 1918,
Palestine
Grave Alexandria ( Hadra ) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt * El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Location
of VC		 10 ( Assaye ) Bty, Royal Artillery Australian War Memorial, Canberra Not publicly held Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment Museum, Luton
Remarks * Died when RMS "Aragon" was torpedeod off Alexandria None None None

EGYPT

Name Adam, Herbert,
WAKENSHAW


Rank Private


Force 9th Bn, Durham Light Infantry


VC won Mersa Matruh, Egypt,
27 June 1942


London Gaz 11 September 1942


Born Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
9 June 1914


Died 27 June 1942,
Egypt


Grave El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt


Location
of VC		 Not publicly held


Remarks None


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