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VC1053 James Palmer Huffam
Name James Palmer Huffam No.
VC Issue No. 1053 Awards VC
Regiment Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment, 5th Battalion attached to 2nd Battalion
Later
Now 1st Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment
Rank VC Won Second Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Major
Place Of Birth Dunblane, Central Region, Scotland
Place Of Death Edgware General Hospital, Burnt Oak, Middlesex, England
Buried/Location Ashes Golders Green Crematorium, Hoop Lane, London, England
Cremated Golders Green Crematorium, Hoop Lane, London, England
Date Buried/Cremated 21 February 1968
Headstone Ashes Plot/Grave no. Crocus lawn, Section 3O
Gazetted 26 December 1918
VC Presented 12 April 1919 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Golders Green Crematorium, Golders Green, North West London
P Named on Masonic VC Memorial, Freemasons Hall, Great Queen Street, London
P Victoria Cross Paving Stone, Station Road, Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland
By The Way…
During World War 2, he was Assistant Provost Marshal in France, being evacuated at Dunkirk. He returned to France in June 6th 1944.
VC Held By
Not known
BORN 31 March 1897
DIED 16 February 1968 AGE 70
VC Won 31 August 1918 AGE 21
Place VC Won St Servin’s Farm, France
War/Campaign First World War 1918
