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VC1286 David Auldjo Jamieson
Name David Auldjo Jamieson No.
VC Issue No. 1286 Awards VC CVO
Regiment Royal Norfolk Regiment
Later
Now Royal Anglian Regiment
Rank VC Won Captain
Rank End Of Career Major
Place Of Birth Thornham, near King's Lynn, Norfolk, England
Place Of Death At his home, Burnham Market, Norfolk, England
Buried/Location Ashes St Margaret of Antioch Churchyard, Burnham Norton, Norfolk, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 18 May 2001
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 26 October 1944
VC Presented 22 November 1944, King George VI, Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, St Margaret of Antioch Churchyard, Burnham Norton, Norfolk, England
P Named on Victoria Cross Plaque at Britannia Court, New Costessey, Norwich, Norfolk
P Memorial at Site of Action, Grimbosq, Normandy, France
P Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, The Cloisters, Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire
P Jamieson Place, New Costessey, Norwich, Norfolk
P Victoria Cross Roll of Honour, Union Jack Club, Waterloo, Southwark, London
By The Way…
He was the High Sheriff of Norfolk 1979-1980, and was a member of Her Majesty's Body Guard of Honourable Corps of Gentllemen-at-Arms, 1968-1986
VC Held By
Royal Norfolk Regiment Museum, Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich, Norfolk, England
BORN 1 October 1920
DIED 6 May 2001 AGE 80
VC Won 7-8 August 1944 AGE 23
Place VC Won River Orne bridgehead, near Grimbosq, France
War/Campaign Second World War
