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Name Harry Greenwood No.
VC Issue No. 1129 Awards VC DSO & Bar OBE MC
Regiment King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry commanding 9th Battalion
Later Light Infantry
Now 3rd and 5th Battalions, The Rifles
Rank VC Won A/Lt. - Colonel
Rank End Of Career A/Lt. - Colonel
Place Of Birth Victoria Barracks, Sheet Street, Windsor, Berkshire, England
Place Of Death At his home, 77 Home Park Road, Wimbledon Park, London, England
Buried/Location Ashes Putney Vale Cemetery, Kingston Road, London, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Block N, Grave 71 - C
Gazetted 26 December 1918
VC Presented 8 May 1919 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Putney Vale Cemetery, Kingston Road, London, England
P Memorial Plaque, Victoria Barracks, Sheet Street, Windsor, Berkshire
P Named on VC & GC Memorial, Town Hall, Wandsworth, South London
P Greenwood Road at Putney Vale Cemetery, Roehampton, South London
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Plaque, The Castle, Cape Town, South Africa
P Victoria Cross Paving Stone, Batchelors Park, Windsor, Berkshire
By The Way…
He was born Henry Greenwood always known as Harry
VC Held By
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Museum, Chequer Road, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England
BORN 25 November 1881
DIED 5 May 1948 AGE 66
VC Won 23-24 October 1918 AGE 36
Place VC Won Ovillers, France
War/Campaign First World War 1918
