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VC890   Fred Greaves

Name   Fred Greaves  No.   23715   

VC Issue No.   890   Awards   VC   

Regiment   Sherwood Foresters, 9th Battalion

Later   Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment

Now   2nd Battalion, The Mercian Regiment

Rank VC Won   Acting Corporal

Rank End Of Career   Sergeant

Place Of Birth   Killamarsh, Derbyshire, England

Place Of Death   At his home, 'Whitelands', Ringwood Road, Brimington, Derbyshire, England

Buried/Location Ashes   Chesterfield and District Crematorium, Chesterfield Road, Brimington, Derbyshire, England

Cremated   Chesterfield and District Crematorium, Chesterfield Road, Brimington, Derbyshire, England

Date Buried/Cremated   13 June 1973

Headstone   Ashes    Plot/Grave no.   Heath 9, Garden of Remembrance

Gazetted   26 November 1917

VC Presented   2 January 1918 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England

Memorials

P  Named in Book of Remembrance, Chesterfield and District Crematorium, Chesterfield Road, Brimington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire

P  Memorial Plaque on Bench, outside Town Hall, Chesterfield, Derbyshire

P  Inscription on War Memorial, Barlbourough, Derbyshire

By The Way…

He was a miner before and after the war in the Derbyshire area

VC Held By

Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) Museum, Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England

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BORN   16 May 1890

DIED   11 June 1973  AGE   83

VC Won   4 October 1917   AGE   27

Place VC Won   Poelcapelle, Belgium

War/Campaign   First World War 1917