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Name George Gristock No.
VC Issue No. 1166 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Norfolk Regiment
Later
Now Royal Anglian Regiment
Rank VC Won Company Sergeant-Major
Rank End Of Career Company Sergeant-Major
Place Of Birth Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
Place Of Death Brighton Hospital, Sussex, England
Buried/Location Ashes Bear Road Cemetery, Bear Road, Brighton, Sussex, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Commonwealth War Grave Section, Grave ZGL 28
Gazetted 23 August 1940
VC Presented 24 June 1941, King George VI, Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Bear Road Cemetery, Bear Road, Brighton, Sussex, England
P VC Memorial Plaque, Britannia Court, New Costessey, Norwich, Norfolk
P Gristock Place, New Costessey, Norwich, Norfolk
By The Way…
VC Held By
Royal Norfolk Regiment Museum, Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich, Norfolk, England
BORN 14 January 1905
DIED 16 June 1940 AGE 35
VC Won 21 May 1940 AGE 35
Place VC Won near River Escaut/ Scheldt, south of Tournai, Belgium
War/Campaign Second World War