VC MEMORIALS - CAMBRAI MEMORIAL

Private Frederick Dancox VC - 4th Bn, Worcestershire Regiment

NAMES OF VICTORIA CROSS HOLDERS ON THE:
CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, FRANCE

Name George William Burdett,
CLARE Frederick George,
DANCOX James Samuel,
EMERSON Frederick Henry,
JOHNSON

Rank Private Private 2nd Lieutenant Major

Force 5th Lancers 4th Bn, Worcestershire Regiment 9th Bn, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 73rd Field Coy, Corps of Royal Engineers

VC won Bourlon Wood, France,
28 - 29 November 1917 Boesinghe, France,
9 October 1917 La Vacquerie, France,
6 December 1917 Battle of Loos, Hill 70, France,
25 September 1915

London Gaz 11 January 1918 26 November 1917 13 February 1918 18 November 1915

Born St Ives, Huntingdonshire,
18 May 1889 Worcester, Worcestershire,
19 March 1878 Collon, Co Louth, Ireland,
3 August 1895 Steatham, London,
15 August 1890

Died 29 November 1917,
Bourlon Wood, France 30 November 1917,
Masnieres, France 6 December 1917,
La Vacquerie, France 26 November 1917,
Cambrai, France

Grave No known grave
Name on the Cambrai Memorial No known grave
Name on the Cambrai Memorial No known grave
Name on the Cambrai Memorial No known grave
Name on the Cambrai Memorial

Location
of VC Queen's Royal Lancers Museum, Thoresby Park, Nottinghamshire Worcestershire Regiment Museum, Worcester Not publicly held Not publicly held

Remarks None None None None

Name	George William Burdett, CLARE	Frederick George, DANCOX	James Samuel, EMERSON	Frederick Henry, JOHNSON
Rank	Private	Private	2nd Lieutenant	Major
Force	5th Lancers	4th Bn, Worcestershire Regiment	9th Bn, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers	73rd Field Coy, Corps of Royal Engineers
VC won	Bourlon Wood, France, 28 - 29 November 1917	Boesinghe, France, 9 October 1917	La Vacquerie, France, 6 December 1917	Battle of Loos, Hill 70, France, 25 September 1915
London Gaz	11 January 1918	26 November 1917	13 February 1918	18 November 1915
Born	St Ives, Huntingdonshire, 18 May 1889	Worcester, Worcestershire, 19 March 1878	Collon, Co Louth, Ireland, 3 August 1895	Steatham, London, 15 August 1890
Died	29 November 1917, Bourlon Wood, France	30 November 1917, Masnieres, France	6 December 1917, La Vacquerie, France	26 November 1917, Cambrai, France
Grave	No known grave Name on the Cambrai Memorial	No known grave Name on the Cambrai Memorial	No known grave Name on the Cambrai Memorial	No known grave Name on the Cambrai Memorial
Location of VC	Queen's Royal Lancers Museum, Thoresby Park, Nottinghamshire	Worcestershire Regiment Museum, Worcester	Not publicly held	Not publicly held
Remarks	None	None	None	None

CAMBRAI MEMORIAL

Name Allastair Malcolm Cluny,
MCREADY-DIARMID Walter Napleton,
STONE Richard William Leslie,
WAIN

Rank Captain Lieutenant ( Acting Captain ) Captain

Force 17th (S) Bn, Middlesex Regiment 3d Bn ( att'd 17th Bn ), Royal Fusiliers 'A' Bn, Tank Corps

VC won Moeuvres Sector, France,
30 November - 1 December 1917 Cambrai Sector, France,
30 November 1917 Marcoing, France,
20 November 1917

London Gaz 15 March 1918 13 February 1918 13 February 1918

Born Southgate, North London,
21 March 1888 Blackheath, South East London,
7 December 1891 Penarth, Glamorgan,
5 December 1896

Died 1 December 1917,
Moeuvres Sector, France 30 November 1917,
Cambria Sector, France 20 November 1917,
Marcoing, France

Grave No known grave
Name on the Cambrai Memorial No known grave
Name on the Cambrai Memorial No known grave
Name on the Cambrai Memorial

Location
of VC National Army Museum, London Not publicly held Not publicly held

Remarks None None None

Name	Allastair Malcolm Cluny, MCREADY-DIARMID	Walter Napleton, STONE	Richard William Leslie, WAIN
Rank	Captain	Lieutenant ( Acting Captain )	Captain
Force	17th (S) Bn, Middlesex Regiment	3d Bn ( att'd 17th Bn ), Royal Fusiliers	'A' Bn, Tank Corps
VC won	Moeuvres Sector, France, 30 November - 1 December 1917	Cambrai Sector, France, 30 November 1917	Marcoing, France, 20 November 1917
London Gaz	15 March 1918	13 February 1918	13 February 1918
Born	Southgate, North London, 21 March 1888	Blackheath, South East London, 7 December 1891	Penarth, Glamorgan, 5 December 1896
Died	1 December 1917, Moeuvres Sector, France	30 November 1917, Cambria Sector, France	20 November 1917, Marcoing, France
Grave	No known grave Name on the Cambrai Memorial	No known grave Name on the Cambrai Memorial	No known grave Name on the Cambrai Memorial
Location of VC	National Army Museum, London	Not publicly held	Not publicly held
Remarks	None	None	None

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