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VC1199 Eugene Kingsmill Esmonde
Name Eugene Kingsmill Esmonde No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 1199 Awards VC DSO
Regiment Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm, No. 825 Squadron
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Lieutenant-Commander
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant-Commander
Place Of Birth Huthwaite House, Thurgoland, Wortley, West Yorkshire, England
Place Of Death Straits of Dover, Kent, England
Buried/Location Ashes Woodlands Cemetery, Woodlands Road, Gillingham, Kent, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 30 April 1942
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Naval Reservation Section A, RC Plot, Grave 187
Gazetted 3 March 1942
VC Presented 17 March 1942, King George VI, Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Woodlands Cemetery, Woodlands Road, Gillingham, Kent, England
P Named on War Memorial, Thurgoland, Yorkshire
Brass Memorial Plaque, St Marys Church, Terryglass, Co Tipperary, Ireland
P Named on VC Memorial, St Bartholomews Church, Yeovilton, Somerset
P Named on Channel Dash Memorial, Royal Harbour, Ramsgate, Kent
Named on Channel Dash Memorial, Seafront, Dover, Kent
Named on War Memorial, Chapel, Wimbledon Cllege, Edgehill, Wimbledon, South London
Memorial Board, Spitfire and Hurricane Museum, Manston, Kent
P Esmonde Close, Lee on Solent, Hampshire
P Esmonde Gardens, Barne Barton, Plymouth, Devon
Esmonde Way, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
P Esmonde Gardens, Elgin, Scotland
P Esmonde Road, Helston, Cornwall
P Esmonde Drive, Ilchester, Somerset
P Esmonde Way, Canford, Bournemouth, Dorset
P Esmonde Drive, Manston, Kent
P Esmonde Close, Littlehampton, West Sussex
By The Way…
His body was recovered from the sea, over two months after being lost in action
VC Held By
I.W.M. /Lord Ashcroft Collection
BORN 1 March 1909
DIED 12 February 1942 AGE 32
VC Won 12 February 1942 AGE 32
Place VC Won Straits of Dover, Endland
War/Campaign Second World War
