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VC684 Alfred Victor Smith
BORN 22 July 1891
DIED 22 December 1915 AGE 24
VC Won 22 December 1915 AGE 24
Place VC Won Fusilier Bluff, Helles sector, Gallipoli, Turkey
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name Alfred Victor Smith No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 684 Awards VC
Regiment East Lancashire Regiment, 1/5th Battalion
Later Queens Lancashire Regiment
Now The Duke of Lancasters Regiment
Rank VC Won Second Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Second Lieutenant
Place Of Birth Guildford, Surrey, England
Place Of Death Fusilier Bluff, Helles Gallipoli, Turkey
Buried/Location Ashes Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Special Memorial C358
Gazetted 3 March 1916
VC Presented 20 December 1916 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England to his parents, William and Louisa
Memorials
P Memorial stone, Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Gallipoli, TurkeyTwelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey
P Bronze tablet at St John's Parish Church, Blackpool, Lancashire
Brass plaque at St Catherine's Church, Burnley, Lancashire
P Named on War Memorial, St Matthews Church, Burnley, Lancashire
Wooden plaque at Blackpool Police Station, Lancashire
P Named on War Memorial, Guildford Surrey
P Named on War Memorial, Blackpool, Lancashire
P Named on War Memorial, St Peters Green, St Albans, Hertfordshire
Brass plaque, St Albans Cathedral, St Albans, Hertfordshire
Memorial, St Peters Church, Burnley, Lancashire
P Named on Regimental VC Memorial, Blackburn Cathedral, Blackburn, Lancashire
By The Way…
Before the war he was a police inspector in Blackpool
VC Held By
Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museums, Todmorden Road, Burnley, Lancashire, England
