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VC1088 John Cridlan Barrett
David
Name John Cridlan Barrett No.
VC Issue No. 1088 Awards VC TD
Regiment Leicestershire Regiment, 1/5th Battalion
Later
Now Royal Anglian Regiment
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Colonel
Place Of Birth 30 Regent Street, Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England
Place Of Death At his home, 11 Southerhay Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Buried/Location Ashes Gilroes Crematorium, Groby Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Cremated Gilroes Crematorium, Groby Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Date Buried/Cremated 15 March 1977
Headstone Ashes Plot/Grave no. Rose Bed 14
Gazetted 14 December 1918
VC Presented 13 February 1919 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Memorial Plaque, St Martin's Cathedral, Leicester, Leicestershire
P Display, Arnold Lodge School, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
P Named on Freeman of the Borough Board,Town Hall, Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
P Victoria Cross Paving Stone, by War Memorial, Euston Road, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
By The Way…
War stopped his studies to be a Doctor. After the war he resumed his studies, becoming a Doctor and in 1958 was a member of the Council of the Royal Collage of Surgeons
VC Held By
Royal Leicestershire Regiment Gallery, Newarke Houses Museum, 53 The Newarke, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
BORN 10 August 1897
DIED 7 March 1977 AGE 79
VC Won 24 September 1918 AGE 21
Place VC Won Pontreut, France
War/Campaign First World War 1918
