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VC944   Charles Graham Robertson

Name   Charles Graham Robertson  No.   G/58769  

VC Issue No.   944   Awards   VC    MM

Regiment   Royal Fusiliers, 10th Battalion, D Company

Later   

Now   Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

Rank VC Won    Lance-Corporal

Rank End Of Career   Lance-Corporal

Place Of Birth   Penrith, Cumbria, England

Place Of Death   Garth Nursing Home, Dorking, Surrey, England

Buried/Location Ashes   Dorking Cemetery, Reigate Road, Dorking, Surrey, England

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone    Plot/Grave no.   Plot 36, Grave 360

Gazetted   9 April 1918

VC Presented   9 November 1918 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England

Memorials

P  Headstone, Dorking Cemetery, Reigate Road, Dorking, Surrey, England

Memorial Plaque, East India Station, D.L.R., Blackwall, East London

By The Way…

He almost died from stomach wounds received in his VC action, but recovered and lived for a further 36 years

VC Held By

Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (City of London) Museum, H M Tower of London, London, England

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BORN   4 July 1879

DIED   10 May 1954    AGE   74

VC Won   8-9 March 1918   AGE   38

Place VC Won   Polderhoek Chateau, Belguim

War/Campaign   First World War 1918