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VC1076    Laurence Calvert

David

Name   Laurence Calvert    No.      

VC Issue No.   1076   Awards   VC   MM  

Regiment   King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 5th Battalion

Later   Light Infantry

Now   3rd and 5th Battalions, The Rifles

Rank VC Won   Sergeant

Rank End Of Career   Sergeant

Place Of Birth   Selkirk Place, Dewsbury Road, Hunslett, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England

Place Of Death   At his home, 73 Oglethorpe Road, Dagenham, Essex, England

Buried/Location Ashes   South Essex Crematorium, Ockendon Road, Corbets Tey, Upminster, Essex, England

Cremated   South Essex Crematorium, Ockendon Road, Corbets Tey, Upminster, Essex, England

Date Buried/Cremated   14 July 1964

Headstone   Ashes    Plot/Grave no.   Garden of Remembrance, Rosebed 32, St Albans Walk

Gazetted   15 November 1918

VC Presented   29 March 1919 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England

Memorials

P  Memorial Plaque, South Essex Crematorium, Corbets Tey, Upminster, Essex

Entry in Book of Remembrance, South Essex Crematorium, Corbets Tey, Upminster, Essex

Memorial Plaque, All Saints Church, Denaby Main, South Yorkshire

P  Named on Victoria Cross Memorial,  Leeds City Art Gallery, Cetenary Square, Leeds, West Yorkshire

P  Memorial Stone, Coronation Gardens, Conisbrough, Sth Yorkshire

P  Calvert Way, Conisbrough, Sth Yorkshire

By The Way…

He was created a Chevalier de l'Ordre de Leopold II Belgium

VC Held By

Lord Ashcroft Collection / I.W.M.

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BORN   16 February 1892

DIED   7 July 1964  AGE   72

VC Won   12 September 1918   AGE   26

Place VC Won  Havrincourt, France

War/Campaign   First World War 1918