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Tag Archives: Victoria Cross
CWGC launches Battle of Loos Remembrance Trail
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) has unveiled a Battle of Loos Remembrance Trail. It aims to tell the tale of an offensive that was the largest of the war for the British Army up until that moment and involved … Continue reading
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Tagged 1915, Battle of Loos, Battle of Loos Remembrance Trail, CWGC, Daniel Laidlaw, First World War, news, Piper Laidlaw, UK News, VC, Victoria Cross, World War I, WW1
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Memorial garden for VC-winning Guards officer
A memorial garden has opened in Maidenhead, Berkshire, to commemorate a First World War Victoria Cross winner. Captain Thomas Tannatt Pryce (32) of the Grenadier Guards, was reported missing on 13 April 1918 after a fierce, close-quarter battle with German … Continue reading
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Tagged 1914-1918, 1918, First World War, news, VC, Victoria Cross, WW1
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Lost VC goes on show in Brighton
A ‘mislaid’ Victoria Cross has gone on show at the Brighton Museum in Sussex. The medal was awarded posthumously to 42-year-old Major George Godfrey Massy Wheeler of the 7th (Hariana ) Lancers. It was found by museum staff who were searching … Continue reading
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Tagged 1915, 7th Hariana Lancers, Brighton, Brighton Museum, centenary, First World War, First World War Centenary, Indian Army, Iraq, Massy Wheeler, Medals, Mesopotamia, news, UK News, VC, Victoria Cross, WW1
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Overseas VC winners saluted at National Memorial Arboretum
The British government’s communities secretary, Eric Pickles, will make a speech at an unveiling ceremony at the National Memorial Arboretum on 5 March to commemorate the overseas-born First World War recipients of the Victoria Cross. Pickles will be drawing attention … Continue reading
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Tagged Eric Pickles, First World War Centenary, National Memorial Arboretum, news, UK News, Victoria Cross, WW1
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English town axes idea of streets named after WW1 soldiers
An English town council has rejected a proposal to name new streets after local men who were decorated for bravery in the First World War. Milton Keynes, in Buckinghamshire, is due to expand by at least 3,000 houses over the … Continue reading
Berkshire VC winner to have Reading statue
A statue to commemorate a VC winning British cavalryman is to be erected in the centre of Reading, Berkshire. It will depict trooper Fred Potts of the Berkshire Yeomanry dragging a wounded comrade, trooper Arthur Andrews, to safety on a … Continue reading
Exhibition focuses on Gordon Highlanders in the First World War
An exhibition focusing on the Gordon Highlanders and their experience during the first months of the First World War has opened at the regiment’s museum in Aberdeen. Shattered Hopes: The Gordon Highlanders in 1914 follows the unit throughout the battles … Continue reading
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Tagged 1914, Aberdeen, Belgium, Captain James Brooke, Centenary of the First World War, Christmas Truce, events, Flanders, France, Gordon Highlanders, Le Cateau, Mons, news, Scotland, UK News, VC, Victoria Cross, Ypres
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Canadian War Museum secures VC medal of sergeant Herman Good
The Canadian War Museum has acquired a Victoria Cross awarded to sergeant Herman James Good on 8 August 1918. He was one of four Canadian soldiers to be awarded the VC on the first day of the Amiens Offensive, a … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th Infantry Battalion, 1916, 1918, 8 August 1918, Amiens, Bathurst, Battle of Amiens 1918, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Canadian War Museum, Centenary of World War I, Ernest Robert Good, France, Herman Good, New Brunswick, VC, Victoria Cross
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Queen Victoria’s Rifles HQ, 56 Davies Street, London
The badge of the Queen Victoria’s Rifles provides a reminder of World War I in one of London’s most well-heeled districts. It adorns the wall of 56 Davies Street, where the unit (officially the 9th County of London Battalion) was … Continue reading
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Tagged 1914, 1915, 9th County of London Battalion, Belgium, Bethnal Green, Davies Street, France, Hackney, Harrow School, Hill 60, lieutenant Geoffrey Wooley, London, Queen Victoria's Rifles, Royal Army Chaplains' Department, VC, Victoria Cross, WWI Centenary, Ypres
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Home-town recognition for sub-lieut Rex Warneford, VC
The British government has decided an Indian-born Victoria Cross winner will, after all, be granted a memorial plaque in his home town of Exmouth, Devon. Royal Navy sub lieutenant Rex Warneford was awarded the VC, aged 23, when he shot … Continue reading
First World War Centenary, 1914-1918 