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VC1226    Herbert Wallace Le Patourel

Name   Herbert Wallace Le Patourel   No.      

VC Issue No.   1226   Awards   VC   

Regiment   Hampshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion

Later   Royal Hampshire Regiment

Now   Princess of Wales Royal Regiment

Rank VC Won    Temporary Major

Rank End Of Career   Brigadier

Place Of Birth   Guernsey, Channel Islands

Place Of Death   At his home/ small holding, Ford Farm, Ford, near Litton, Somerset, England

Buried/Location Ashes   At his home/small holding, Ford Farm, Ford, near Litton, Somerset, England

Cremated   South Bristol Crematorium, Bridgwater Road, Bedminster Down, Bristol, Avon, England

Date Buried/Cremated   10 September 1979

Headstone   Ashes     Plot/Grave no.   fields to the rear of his home/ small holding

Gazetted    9 March 1943

VC Presented   21 October 1943 by King George VI at Buckingham Palace, London, England

Memorials

P  Memorial Plaque beneath Tree at Royal Hampshire Regimental Museum, Serle's House, Southgate Street, Winchester, Hampshire

P  Named on Honours Board, Royal Hampshire Regimental Museum, Serle's House, Southgate Street, Winchester, Hampshire

P  Memorial Seat,   Castle Cornet, Guernsey, Channel Islands

P  Le Patourel Close, Christchurch, Hampshire

Blue Plaque, Villa Magnol, Fosse Andre, Guernsey

By The Way…

VC Held By

Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum, Serle's House, Southgate Street, Winchester, Hampshire, England

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BORN    20 June 1916

DIED   4 September 1979   AGE    63

VC Won   3 December 1942   AGE  26

Place VC Won   Tebourba, Tunisia

War/Campaign   Second World War