VC512 Arthur Martin-Leake
BORN 4 April 1874
DIED 22 June 1953 AGE 79
VC Won 8 February 1902 AGE 27
Place VC Won Vlakfontein
War/Campaign The Second Boer War
VC Won 29 October-8 November 1914 AGE 40
Place VC Won Near Zonnebeke, Belgium
War/Campaign First World War
Name Arthur Martin-Leake No. 5778
VC Issue No. 512 Awards VC & BAR
Regiment South African Constabulary & Royal Army Medical Corps attached to 5th Field Ambulance
Later
Now Disbanded
Rank VC Won Surgeon Captain
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant-Colonel
Place Of Birth 'Marshalls', High Cross, Ware, Hertfordshire, England
Place Of Death At his home, 'Marshalls', High Cross, Ware, Hertfordshire, England
Buried/Location Ashes St John the Evangelist Churchyard, High Cross, Ware, Hertfordshire, England
Cremated Enfield Crematorium, Middlesex, England
Date Buried/Cremated 26 June 1953
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 13 May 1902 & 18 February 1915
VC Presented 2 June 1902 by King Edward VII at St James' Palace, Pall Mall, London, England
24 July 1915 by King George V at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Memorials
P Headstone, St John the Evangelist Churchyard, High Cross, Ware, Hertfordshire
Brass plaque at St John the Evangelist Churchyard, High Cross, Ware, Hertfordshire
P Plaque, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffs
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Lynchgate, St John The Evengelist Church, High Cross, Hertfordshire
By The Way…
Arthur Martin-Leake has the distinction of being the first man to be awarded the VC twice
VC Held By
Royal Army Medical Corps Museum, Keogh Barracks, Mytchett Place Road, Ash Vale, Aldershot, Hampshire, England
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