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VC1026    Herbert Garnet Bedford Miner

Name   Herbert Garnet Bedford Miner   No.   823028   POSTHUMOUS

VC Issue No.   1026   Awards   VC     

Regiment   Canadian Expeditionary Force, 58th Battalion, 2nd Central Ontario Regiment

Later   

Now   

Rank VC Won    Corporal

Rank End Of Career   Corporal

Place Of Birth   Cedar Springs, Raleigh County, Ontario, Canada

Place Of Death   

Buried/Location Ashes   Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme, 9 miles north-west of Arras, Somme, France

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone    Plot/Grave no.   Plot 5, Row B, Grave 11

Gazetted   26 October 1918

VC Presented   No presentation

Memorials

P  Headstone, Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme, 9 miles north-west of Arras, Somme, France

Named on War Memorial, Clinton, Huron County, Ontario, Canada

Named on War Memorial, Chatham, Kent County, Ontario, Canada

Memorial Plaque, United Church, Cedar Springs, Raleigh County, Ontario, Canada

Named on War Memorial, Erie Street, United Church, Ridgetown, Ontario, Canada

P  Victoria Cross Memorial, York Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

P  Victoria Cross Commemoration Paving Stone, National Memorial, Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire

P  Victoria Cross Commemorative Plaque, British High Commission, Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Corporal Harry Miner VC Branch no 185, R.C.L., Cathrine Street, Blenheim, Ontario, Canada

Harry B Miner VC Branch no 140, R.C.L., Kirk Street, Clinton, Ontario, Canada

P  VC Obelisk, Military Heritage Park, Barrie, Ontario, Canada


By The Way…

After his education he became a farmer, until he joined up


VC Held By

Huron County Museum, Canada

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BORN   24 June 1891

DIED   8 August 1918  AGE   27

VC Won   8 August 1918   AGE   27

Place VC Won   Demuin, south-west of Hangard, France

War/Campaign   First World War 1918

The First World War