Regiment East Yorkshire Regiment, 1st Battalion, C Company
Later Prince of Wales Regiment
Now 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment
Rank VC Won Private
Rank End Of Career Private
Place Of Birth Epworth, near Doncaster Gate, Rotherham, Yorkshire, England
Place Of Death Rotherham General Hospital, Yorkshire, England
Buried/Location Ashes In front of the Bramley Community Youth Civic Centre, Rotherham, Yorkshire, England
Cremated Rotherham Crematorium, Ridgeway, East Herringthorpe, Yorkshire, England
Date Buried/Cremated 4 March 1966
Headstone Ashes Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 5 August 1916
VC Presented 4 November 1916, King George V, Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Named On Victoria Cross Memorial, Town Center, Bradford, Yorkshire
P Named On Fountain, Clifton Park Memorial Garden, Rotherham, Yorkshire
P Bill Chafer Youth Centre, Bramley, Rotherham, Yorkshire
Named On Honours Board, Ravenfield County Primary School, Ravenfield, South Yorkshire
By The Way…
After the war he was a keen supporter of the British Legion, and was the main player in the setting up of a youth centre in his home village of Bramley
VC Held By
Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire Museum, 3 Tower Street, York, Yorkshire, England
