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BORN 13 December 1884
DIED 13 December 1953 AGE 69
VC Won 12 March 1915 AGE 30
Place VC Won Neuve Chapelle, France
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name Harry Daniels No. 9665
VC Issue No. 578 Awards VC MC
Regiment Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own), 2nd Battalion, C Company
Later Royal Green Jackets
Now 2nd and 4th Battalions The Rifles
Rank VC Won Company Sergeant-Major
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant-Colonel
Place Of Birth Wymondham, Norfolk, England
Place Of Death Ida and Robert Arthington Hospital, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Buried/Location Ashes Aldershot Cricket Club, Guildford Road, Hampshire, England
Cremated Lawnswood Crematorium, Otley Road, Adel, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Date Buried/Cremated 19 December 1953
Headstone Ashes Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 28 April 1915
VC Presented 15 May 1915 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Named on Rifle Brigade Role of Fame Memorial, Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire
P Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Leeds City Art Gallery, Centenary Square, Leeds, Yorkshire
Harry Daniels Close, Wymondham, Norfolk
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, By War Memorial, Town Green, Wymondham, Norfolk
By The Way…
Harry Daniels represented Great Britain in boxing at the 1920 Olympic Games at Antwerp and was reserve for the 1920 Modern Pentathalon Team
VC Held By
Royal Green Jackets Museum, Peninsular Barracks, Romsey Road, Winchester, Hampshire, England
