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VC1074 John McNamara
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Name John McNamara No.
VC Issue No. 1074 Awards VC
Regiment East Surrey Regiment, 9th Battalion
Later The Queens Regiment
Now Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment
Rank VC Won Corporal
Rank End Of Career Corporal
Place Of Birth 11 Mill Street, Bamber Bridge, Walton-le-Dale, Preston, Lancashire, England
Place Of Death Near Solesmes, France
Buried/Location Ashes Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, 12 miles east of Cambrai, Nord, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot IV, Row D, Grave 17
Gazetted 15 November 1918
VC Presented 27 February 1920 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England to his widow or parents
Memorials
P Headstone, Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, 12 miles east of Cambrai, Nord, France
P Named on War Memorial, Bamber Bridge, Lancashire
P Named on War Memorial, Peace Garden, Lostock Hall, A582, Lancashire
P Named on Oak Panel. All Saint's Parish Church, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey
P Memorial Plaque, Entrance Old Mill Estate, School Lane, Bamber Bridge, Lancashire
Victoria Cross Paving Stone, John McNamara Gardens, Withy Grove Road, Bamber Bridge, Lancashire
By The Way…
It was thought that his VC medal was lost in the fire at Clandon House, Surrey, but the VC's on show were replicas, the real ones in a safe place
VC Held By
Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment Museum, Clandon Park, West Clandon, Guildford, Surrey, England
BORN 28 October 1887
DIED 16 October 1918 AGE 30
VC Won 3 September 1918 AGE 30
Place VC Won N.W of Lens, France
War/Campaign First World War 1918
