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Thomas Tannatt Pryce VC, MC*
Thomas Tannatt Pryce (17/01/1886 – 13/04/1918) was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions On 11 April 1918 at Vieux-Berquin, France while an acting captain in the 4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards. The Citation, recorded in the London Gazette of 21 May … Continue reading
Posted in Belgium, France, Heritage, Memorials elsewhere, Military, Military Cross, Outside RSA, United Kingdom, Victoria Cross, World War 1
Tagged First World War, France, MC, Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing, Thomas Tannatt Pryce VC, Victoria Cross, Vieux Berquin
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John “Jack” Harrison VC, MC.
John “Jack” Harrison (12/11/1890 – 03/05/1917) was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on the 3rd of May 1917 when ordered, with the rest of his brigade, to attack a wood near Oppy, Pas-de-Calais. The Citation, recorded in the … Continue reading
Posted in France, Heritage, Memorials elsewhere, Military, Military Cross, Outside RSA, United Kingdom, Victoria Cross, World War 1
Tagged Arras Memorial to the Missing, France, John “Jack” Harrison VC, MC, Military Cross, Victoria Cross
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Harold Ackroyd VC, MC
Harold Ackroyd (18/07/1877 – 11/08/1917) was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions as a temporary captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps attached to the 6th Battalion of the Royal Berkshire Regiment, (Princess Charlotte of Wales`s) during the First World War. … Continue reading
Posted in Belgium, Heritage, Memorials elsewhere, Military Cross, Outside RSA, United Kingdom, Victoria Cross, World War 1
Tagged Belgium, Burr Cross Roads Cemetery, Harold Ackroyd VC, MC, RAMC, Royal Berkshire Regiment, Victoria Cross, World War 1, Ypres, Zillebeke
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Herbert James VC. MC.
Herbert Walter James (30/11/1888 – 15/08/1958) was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions during the First World War at Gallipoli. The Citation, recorded in the London Gazette of 31 August 1915, Supplement: 29281, Page: 8700, reads: “Second Lieutenant Herbert James, 4th … Continue reading
Posted in Cemetery, Heritage, London Memorials, Military, Military Cross, Outside RSA, United Kingdom, Victoria Cross, World War 1
Tagged First World War, Gallipoli, Herbert Walter James VC, Kensal Green, London, MC, Turkey, VC, Victoria Cross, Worcester Regiment
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Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor VC, MC*, DFC, DSO
Andrew Frederick Weatherby Beauchamp-Proctor (04/09/1894 – 21/06/1921), was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions between 8 August 1918, and 8 October 1918 while serving with the Royal Flying Corps. The Citation, recorded in the London Gazette of 29 November … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Military, Military Cross, South Africa, Victoria Cross, World War 1
Tagged Captain Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor VC, DFC, DSO, Mafikeng Cemetery, MC, RFC, South Africa, The Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles, VC, Victoria Cross, World War 1
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