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VC761 Roland Boys Bradford
Name Roland Boys Bradford No.
VC Issue No. 761 Awards VC MC
Regiment Durham Light Infantry commanding 1/9th Battalion
Later Light Infantry
Now 3rd and 5th Battalions The Rifles
Rank VC Won Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
Rank End Of Career Brigadier General
Place Of Birth Witton Park, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham, England
Place Of Death Brigade HQ, near Graincourt, France
Buried/Location Ashes Hermies British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, 7 miles east of Bapaume, Pas de Calais, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Row F, Grave 10
Gazetted 25 November 1916
VC Presented 2 June 1917 by King George V at Hyde Park, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Hermies British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, 7 miles east of Bapaume, Pas de Calais, France
Memorial Window, St Paul's Church, Witton Park, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham
P Memorial Plaque, St Cuthbert's Church, Darlington, Co. Durham
Memorial Plaque, Holy Trinity Church, Darlington, Co Durham
"The Bradford Entrance", Darlington Hospital, Co. Durham
Named On Darlington War Memorial, Darlington Hospital, Co Durham
P Road, Bradford Crescent, Durham, Co Durham
Named On War Memorial, Epsom College, Surrey
P Named On For Valour Memorial, Durham Light Infantry Museum, Durham, Co Durham
Named On Honours Board, Gateshead Libary, Prince Consort Road, Gateshead, Newcastle, Tyne & Wear
By The Way…
At time of death he was the youngest Brigadier-General in the British Army
VC Held By
Durham Light Infantry Museum, Aykley Heads, Durham City, Co. Durham, England
BORN 23 February 1892
DIED 30 November 1917 AGE 25
VC Won 1 October 1916 AGE 24
Place VC Won Eaucourt L’Abbaye, France
War/Campaign First World War 1916
