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BORN 17 November 1881
DIED 12 March 1915 AGE 33
VC Won 12 March 1915 AGE 33
Place VC Won Neuve Chapelle, France
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name Jacob Rivers No. 6016 POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 575 Awards VC
Regiment Sherwood Foresters, 1st Battalion
Later Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment
Now 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment
Rank VC Won Private
Rank End Of Career Private
Place Of Birth House 4, Court 2, Wideyard, Bridgegate, Derby, Derbyshire, England
Place Of Death Neuve Chapelle, Pas de Calais, France
Buried/Location Ashes Location unknown, buried where he fell, cemetery lost during later fighting, Pas de Calais, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Named on the Le Touret Memorial to the Missing (CWGC) Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 28 April 1915
VC Presented 29 November 1916 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England to his mother, Adeline Rivers
Memorials
P Named on Le Touret Memorial to the Missing (panel 26-27), Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-l'Avoue, Pas de Calais, France
P Memorial at St Alkmund's church, Kedleston Road, Derby, Derbyshire
P Named on mothers grave, Nottingham Road Cemetery, Derby, Derbyshire
P Named on war memorial, St Alkmunds Church, Kedleston Road, Derby, Derbyshire
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, War Memorial, Market Place, Derby, Derbyshire
By The Way…
He was buried where he fell, but the cemetery was lost during later fighting
VC Held By
Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) Museum, Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
