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VC1280 Frank Gerald Blaker
Name Frank Gerald Blaker No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 1280 Awards VC MC
Regiment Highland Light Infantry attached to 3rd Battalion, 9th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army
Later Royal Highland Fusiliers
Now 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment Of Scotland
Rank VC Won Temporary Major
Rank End Of Career Temporary Major
Place Of Birth Kasauli, Punjab, India
Place Of Death Taunghi, Burma (now Myanmar)
Buried/Location Ashes Taukkyan War Cemetery, 20 miles north of Rangoon (now Yangon), Burma (now Myanmar)
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot VI, Row E, Grave 2
Gazetted 26 Septmeber 1944
VC Presented No presentation
Memorials
P Headstone, Taukkyan War Cemetery, 20 miles north of Rangoon (now Yangon), Burma (now Myanmar)
P Named on 9th Gurkha Rifle Memorial Plaque, Gurkha Museum, Peninsular Barracks, Romsey Road, Winchester, Hampshire
P Named on the Chindit Memorial, Embankment Gardens, Westminster, London
P Named on Memorial Gates, Constitution Hill, Green Park, London
Named on Honours Board, School Chapel, St Pauls School, Darjeeling, India
Named on War Memorial, Taunton School, Taunton, Somerset
P Victoria Cross Roll of Honour, Union Jack Club, Waterloo, Southwark, London
By The Way…
Frank Blaker VC was part of The Chindits Force, known officially as the Long Range Penetration Groups. They were special operations units of the British and Indian armies, used for behind the lines action during the Burma Campaign
VC Held By
Unknown
BORN 8 May 1920
DIED 9 July 1944 AGE 24
VC Won 9 July 1944 AGE 24
Place VC Won Taunghi, Burma (now Myanmar)
War/Campaign Second World War
