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VC746 William Leefe-Robinson
Name William Leefe-Robinson No.
VC Issue No. 746 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Flying Corps, No. 39 Squadron & Worcestershire Regiment
Later
Now Royal Air Force
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant
Place Of Birth Kaima Betta, Tollideta, South Coorg, near Mercara, India
Place Of Death At his home, Lavender Cottage, Gordon Avenue, Harrow Weald, Middlesex, England
Buried/Location Ashes All Saints Church Cemetery Extension, Elms Road, Harrow Weald, Middlesex, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 3 January 1919
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. South East Section
Gazetted 5 September 1916
VC Presented 8 September 1916, King George V, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Memorials
P Headstone, All Saints Church Cemetery Extension, Elms Road, Harrow Weald, Middlesex, England
P Named On RAF Victoria Cross Memorial, St Clement Dane's Church, Aldwych, London
Memorial plaque in Mercara Memorial Plaque, St Marks Anglican Church, Coorg District, India
P Memorial Obelisk, On East Ridgeway, Cuffley, Hertfordshire
Victoria Cross Memorial, St Bees School, Cumbria
Named On War Memorial, Dragon School, Oxford, Oxfordshire
P Named On Regimental Memorial, Memorial Chapel, Sandhurst, Camberlet, Surrey
P The Leefe Robinson Restaurant, Stanmore, N.W. London
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
By The Way…
The 1st Victoria Cross to be earned in the United Kingdom
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
BORN 14 July 1895
DIED 31 December 1918 AGE 23
VC Won 2-3 September 1916 AGE 21
Place VC Won Cuffley, Hertfordshire, England
War/Campaign First World War 1916
