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VC580 Wilfred Dolby Fuller
BORN 28 July 1893
DIED 22 November 1947 AGE 54
VC Won 12 March 1915 AGE 21
Place VC Won Neuve Chapelle, France
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name Wilfred Dolby Fuller No. 15624
VC Issue No. 580 Awards VC
Regiment Grenadier Guards, 1st Battalion
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Corporal
Rank End Of Career Lance-Corporal
Place Of Birth East Kirby, Greasley (now part of Kirkby-in-Ashfield), Nottinghamshire, England
Place Of Death At his home, 'Far End' The Styles, Frome, Somerset, England
Buried/Location Ashes Christchurch Churchyard, Frome, Somerset, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 26 November 1947
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 19 April 1915
VC Presented 4 June 1915 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Christchurch Churchyard, Frome, Somerset, England
P Fuller Close, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Memorial plaque, Mansfield District Council Office, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
P Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, outside Council Offices, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
By The Way…
After the war he joined the Somerset police
VC Held By
Grenadier Guards, Guards Museum, Wellington Barracks, Birdcage Walk, London, England
