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VC1021 Andrew Frederick Weatherby Beauchamp-Proctor
Name Andrew Frederick Weatherby Beauchamp-Proctor No.
VC Issue No. 1021 Awards VC DSO MC & Bar DFC
Regiment Royal Air Force, No. 84 Squadron
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Acting Captain
Rank End Of Career Acting Captain
Place Of Birth Mossel Bay, East Coast, Cape Province, South Africa
Place Of Death Enford, near Upavon, Wiltshire, England
Buried/Location Ashes Mafikeng Cemetery, Mafikeng, North West Province, South Africa
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. European Section, Grave 1050-2
Gazetted 30 November 1918
VC Presented 27 November 1919 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
Headstone, Mafeking Cemetery, North West Province, South Africa
P Memorial Headstone, Upavon Cemetery, off Jarvis Street, Upavon, Wiltshire
P Named on Victoria Cross RAF Memorial, St Clement Dane's Church, Aldwych, London
P Victoria Cross Commemoration Paving Stone, National Memorial, Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Plaque, The Castle, Cape Town, South Africa
Memorial Plaque, St Mary's Church, Droylsden, Manchester, Gtr Manchester
By The Way…
He was killed during a Air Display, in Wiltshire, England, and was taken home to South Africa for burial.
VC Held By
Privately Held
BORN 4 September 1894
DIED 21 June 1921 AGE 26
VC Won 8 August - 8 October 1918 AGE 24
Place VC Won English Channel
War/Campaign First World War 1918
