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VC1310    George Arthur Knowland

Name   George Arthur Knowland    No.      POSTHUMOUS

VC Issue No.   1310   Awards   VC    

Regiment   Royal Norfolk Regiment attached to No. 1 Commando

Later    

Now   Royal Anglian Regiment

Rank VC Won   Lieutenant

Rank End Of Career   Lieutenant

Place Of Birth   Catford, South London, England

Place Of Death   near Kangaw, 120 miles west of Mandalay, Burma

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 XI, Row J, Grave 1

Gazetted    12 April 1945

VC Presented   19 December 1945, Viceroy Lord Wavell, Red Fort, New Delhi, India

Memorials

P  Headstone, Taukkyan War Cemetery, 20 miles north of Rangoon (now Yangon), Burma (now Myanmar)

P  Named on Family Headstone, Croydon, Mitcham Road, Thornton Heath, South London

Memorial Plaque, Elmwood Junior School, Lodge Road, Croydon, Surrey

P  Named on Commando Memorial,   National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire

P  Memorial Plaque, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire

P  Church Lads & Church Girls Memorial Garden, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire

P  Named on VC Plaque, Brittania Court, New Costessey, Norwich, Norfolk

P  Victoria Cross Memorial, By War Memorial, High Street South, Lewisham, South London

P  Mural, Shopping Centre, Lewisham, South London

P  Memorial in Lewisham Civic Centre, South London

P  Knowland Grove, New Costessey, Norwich, Norfolk

By The Way…

VC Held By

Stolen, Location Unknown

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BORN    16 August 1922

DIED   31 January 1945   AGE    22

VC Won  31 January 1945  AGE   22

Place VC Won   near Kangaw, Burma (now Myanmar)

War/Campaign   Second World War