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VC559 Frank Alexander De Pass
BORN 26 April 1887
DIED 25 November 1914 AGE 27
VC Won 24 November 1914 AGE 27
Place VC Won Festubert, France
War/Campaign First World War 1914
Name Frank Alexander De Pass No. 29074 POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 559 Awards VC
Regiment Indian Army, 34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse
Later 17th Queen Victoria’s Own Poona Horse
Now The Poona Horse, Indian army
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant
Place Of Birth 2 Lancaster Gate Terrace, Kensington, London, England
Place Of Death France
Buried/Location Ashes Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 7 December 1914
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot I, Row A, Grave 24
Gazetted 18 February 1915
VC Presented Registered post to his father who was too ill to receive it in person
Memorials
P Headstone, Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
P Named on war memorial, Bevis Marks Synagogue, Bevis Marks, City of London
P Named on Memorial Gates, Constitution Hill, Westminster, London
P Name on War Memorial, Chapel, Rugby School, Rugby, Warwickshire
P Brass memorial, Sandhurst Memorial Chapel, Camberley, Surrey
P Name on memorial, Sandhurst Memorial Chapel, Camberley, Surrey
P Name on regimental war memorial, St Mary’s Church, Camp, Pune, Maharashtra, India
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Embankment Gardens, Whitehall, London
By The Way…
He was the first Jewish soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross during the First World War
VC Held By
National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London, England
Thank you to Rusty Maclean at Rugby School
