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VC1147    Sir Arnold Waters

Name   Sir Arnold Waters   No.     

VC Issue No.   1147   Awards   VC   CBE   DSO   MC

Regiment   Corps of Royal Engineers commanding 218th Field Company

Later   

Now   

Rank VC Won    A/Major

Rank End Of Career   A/Major

Place Of Birth   Plymouth, Devon, England

Place Of Death   At his home, St Winnow, Ladywood, Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England

Buried/Location Ashes   All Saint's Parish Churchyard, Foley Road East, Streetly, Warwickshire, England

Cremated   Sutton Coldfield Crematorium, Tamworth Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England

Date Buried/Cremated   28 January 1981

Headstone   Ashes    Plot/Grave no.   Garden of Remebrance

Gazetted    13 February 1919

VC Presented  15 March 1919, King George V, Buckingham Palace, London, England

Memorials

Entry in Crematorium Book of Remembrance, Sutton Coldfield Crematorium, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire

P  Named on 'For Valour' Board, Royal Engineers Museum, Brompton Barracks, Prince Arthur Road, Chatham, Kent

P  Victoria Cross Paving Stone, Citadel Road, Plymouth, Devon

P  Named on Foundation Stone, Northgate Methodist Church, Barrack Street, Warwick, Warwickshire

By The Way…

Was Knighted in 1954 for services to housing and local government

VC Held By

Royal Engineers Museum, Brompton Barracks, Prince Arthur Road, Chatham, Kent, England

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BORN   23 September 1886

DIED   22 January 1981   AGE   94

VC Won   4 November 1918    AGE    32

Place VC Won   North of Ors, France

War/Campaign   First World War 1918