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BORN 12 December 1888
DIED 28 April 1978 AGE 89
VC Won 19 December 1914 AGE 26
Place VC Won Near Neuve Chapelle, France
War/Campaign First World War 1914
Name Sir Philip Neame No.
VC Issue No. 564 Awards VC KBE CB DSO
Regiment Corps of Royal Engineers, 15th Field Company
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant-General
Place Of Birth Macknade House, near Faversham, Kent, England
Place Of Death At his home, 'Brookes Court', near Selling, Kent, England
Buried/Location Ashes St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Selling, Kent, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 4 May 1978
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 18 February 1915
VC Presented 19 July 1915 by King George V at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Memorials
P Headstone, St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Selling, Kent, England
P Named on 'For Valour' board at the Royal Engineers Museum, Brompton Barracks, Prince Arthur Road, Chatham, Kent
P Memorial Stone, War Memorial, Central Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent
P Plaque at St Mary the Virgin Church, Selling, Kent
P Named on roll of honour the big classical, Cheltenham College, Gloucestershire
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Market Place, Faversham, Kent
By The Way…
Gold medallist at the 1924 Olympic Games, Paris (Team Running Deer Shooting, double-shot) with Cyril Mackworth-Praed, Allen Whitty & Herbert Perry
He was a member of the Shepard Neame brewing family
VC Held By
Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, Kennington, London, England
