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VC1113 John Henry Williams
Name John Henry Williams No.
VC Issue No. 1113 Awards VC DCM MM & Bar
Regiment South Wales Borderers, 10th Battalion
Later
Now 2nd battalion Royal Regiment of Wales. Disbanded July 2012
Rank VC Won Company Sergeant-Major
Rank End Of Career Warrant Officer Class II
Place Of Birth Nantyglo, Gwent, Wales
Place Of Death St Woolo's Hospital, Newport, Gwent, Wales
Buried/Location Ashes Ebbw Vale Cemetery, Waun-y-Pound Road, Gwent, Wales
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Section K, Row 4, Grave 14
Gazetted 14 December 1918
VC Presented 22 February 1919 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Ebbw Vale Cemetery, Waun-y-Pound Road, Gwent, Wales
P Memorial Stone, Nantyglo, Gwent, Wales
P Memorial Plaque, Gwent Archives Building, Steelworks Road, Ebbw Vale, Gwent, Wales
P Named on Wooden Panel, Havard Chapel, Brecon Cathedral, Powys, Wales
P Victoria Cross Honours Board, South Wales Borderers Museum, The Barracks, Brecon, Powys
P Army Reserve Centre, Abertillary, Gwent
P Victoria Cross Paving Stone, Chapel Road, Nantyglo, Gwent
P Brick Memorial, Villers Outreaux, France
By The Way…
Most decorated Welsh NCO of all time, and first man to be be decorated with four decorations by King George V on the same day
VC Held By
South Wales Borderers and Monmouthshire Regiment Museum of the Royal Regiment of Wales, The Barracks, Brecon, Powys, Wales
BORN 29 September 1886
DIED 7 March 1953 AGE 66
VC Won 7-8 October 1918 AGE 32
Place VC Won Villers Outreaux, France
War/Campaign First World War 1918
