Regiment Royal Army Medical Corps attached to 1/3rd West Riding No. 21 Field Ambulance, Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force)
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Captain
Rank End Of Career Major
Place Of Birth Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Place Of Death At his home, 'Perley's Marsh', Stocks Lane, Bracklesham Bay, Sussex, England
Buried/Location Ashes Earnley Church, Clappers Lane, Earnley, near Bracklesham, Sussex, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 26 October 1916
VC Presented 2 June 1917 by King George V at Hyde Park, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Earnley Church, Clappers Lane, Earnley, near Bracklesham, Sussex, England
P Named On Victoria Cross Honours Plaque, Hounslow Civic Centre, West London
P Memorial Plaque, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
By The Way…
Wounded 7 times, gassed and blinded for 6 months in the war, post war service contracted dysentery, malaria and sleeping sickness, he took to drink and drugs to help cope with his ailments. He died in August 1933 from opium poisoning
VC Held By
Royal Army Medical Corps Museum, Keogh Barracks, Mytchett Place Road, Ash Vale, Aldershot, Hampshire, England
