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VC1124 Ronald Edward Elcock
Name Ronald Edward Elcock No.
VC Issue No. 1124 Awards VC MM
Regiment Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment), 11th Battalion
Later
Now 1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland
Rank VC Won A/Corporal
Rank End Of Career Major
Place Of Birth 52 Alma Street, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
Place Of Death Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, India
Buried/Location Ashes St Thomas's Churchyard, Dehra Dun, India
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 7 October 1944
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 26 December 1918
VC Presented 13 February 1919 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, St Thomas's Churchyard, Dehra Dun, India
Display at The Royal Scots Regimental Museum, Edinburgh Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
P Victoria Cross Paving Stone, St Peter's Church Gardens, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
P Victoria Cross Stone, The Royal Scots Club, 29 Abercromby Square, Edinburgh
P Elcock House, Barnfield Road, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
By The Way…
He enlisted at the age 15 he lied and said he was 18, he was discharged from the army, but re-joined when he was really 18
VC Held By
Royal Scots Regiment Museum, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
BORN 5 June 1889
DIED 6 October 1944 AGE 45
VC Won 15 October 1918 AGE 19
Place VC Won Near Capelle St. Catherine, France
War/Campaign First World War 1918
