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VC701 Richard Basil Brandram Jones
BORN 30 April 1897
DIED 21 May 1916 AGE 19
VC Won 21 May 1916 AGE 19
Place VC Won Broadmarsh Crater, near Vimy, France
War/Campaign First World War 1916
Name Richard Basil Brandram Jones No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 701 Awards VC
Regiment Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 8th Battalion, B Company
Later Queens Lancashire Regiment
Now The Duke of Lancasters Regiment
Rank VC Won Temporary Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Temporary Lieutenant
Place Of Birth Honor Oak Rise, Brockley, London, England
Place Of Death Broadmarsh Crater, Vimy, France
Buried/Location Ashes Location unknown, Pas de Calais, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Named on the Arras Memorial to the Missing (CWGC) Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 5 August 1916
VC Presented 20 December 1916 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England to his father, H Thomas Brandram
Memorials
P Named on Arras Memorial to the Missing (bay 7 or 13), Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
P Named On Dulwich College Memorial, Dulwich College, College Road, London
P Named On War Memorial, St Pauls Church, Anerley, S E London
P Named On War Memorial, High Street, Penge, S E London
P Named On Victoria Cross Mural, Lewisham Shopping Centre, Lewisham, S E London
P Named On Memorial, Civic Centre, Lewisham, S E London
P Victoria Cross Memorial, By War Memorial, High Street South, Lewisham, South London
By The Way…
One of Seven old boys of Dulwich College, to receive the Victoria Cross
VC Held By
Dulwich College, College Road, Dulwich Common, London, England
