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Name Edward John Mott No. 9887
VC Issue No. 772 Awards VC DCM
Regiment Border Regiment, 1st Battalion
Later Kings Own Royal Border Regiment
Now The Duke of Lancasters Regiment
Rank VC Won Sergeant
Rank End Of Career Sergeant
Place Of Birth Drayton, near Abingdon, Berkshire, England
Place Of Death At his home, 38 New Yatt Road, Witney, Oxfordshire, England
Buried/Location Ashes Oxford Crematorium, Bayswater Road, Headington, Oxfordshire, England
Cremated Oxford Crematorium, Bayswater Road, Headington, Oxfordshire, England
Date Buried/Cremated 23 October 1967
Headstone Ashes Plot/Grave no. Left hand oak tree, Garden of Remembrance
Gazetted 10 March 1917
VC Presented 4 April 1917 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Wall Tablet, Cloister 3, S, 1, Oxford Crematorium, Bayswater Road, Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Entry in Book of Remembrance, Oxford Crematorium, Bayswater Road, Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire
P Named on Regimental Victoria Cross Memorial, Carlisle Cathedral, Carlisle, Cumbria
By The Way…
The original VC was stolen in the 1930's, a replacement being given on the 9 September 1937
VC Held By
Border Regiment Museum, Queen Mary's Tower, The Castle, Carlisle, Cumbria, England
BORN 4 July 1893
DIED 20 October 1967 AGE 74
VC Won 27 January 1917 AGE 23
Place VC Won Near Le Transloy, France
War/Campaign First World War 1917
