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VC1078    Alfred Wilcox

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Name   Alfred Wilcox    No.      

VC Issue No.   1078   Awards   VC     

Regiment   Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 2/4th Battalion

Later   Royal Green Jackets

Now   2nd and 4th Battalion, The Rifles

Rank VC Won   Lance-Corporal

Rank End Of Career   Lance-Corporal

Place Of Birth   Tower Street, Aston, Birmingham, West Midlands, England

Place Of Death   At his home, The Prince Arthur Public House, 31 Arthur Street, Small Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, England

Buried/Location Ashes   St Peter & St Paul Parish Churchyard, Witton Lane, Aston, Birmingham, West Midlands, England

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   3 April 1954

Headstone   Headstone    Plot/Grave no.   

Gazetted   15 November 1918

VC Presented   26 November 1919 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England

Memorials

P  Headstone, St Peter & St Paul Parish Churchyard, Witton Lane, Aston, Birmingham, West Midlands, England

P  Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Walk of Heroes, Hall of Memory, Centenary Square, Birmingham, West Midlands

P  Named on Masonic VC Memorial, Freemasons Hall, Great Queen Street, London

By The Way…

A headstone was unveiled on 12 September 2006

VC Held By

Lord Ashcroft Collection / I.W.M.

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BORN   16 December 1884

DIED   30 March 1954  AGE   69

VC Won   12 September 1918   AGE   33

Place VC Won  Near Laventie, France

War/Campaign   First World War 1918