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Name James Power Carne No.
VC Issue No. 1341 Awards VC DSO DL
Regiment Gloucestershire Regiment, 1st Battalion
Later Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire & Wiltshire Regiment
Now 1st Battalion, The Rifles
Rank VC Won Lieutenant-Colonel
Rank End Of Career Colonel
Place Of Birth Falmouth, Cornwall, England
Place Of Death Cheltenham Hospital, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Buried/Location Ashes St James the Great Churchyard, Cranham, Gloucestershire, England
Cremated Cheltenham Crematorium, Bouncers Lane, Gloucestershire, England
Date Buried/Cremated 25 April 1986
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 27 October 1953
VC Presented 27 October 1953 by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, London, England
BORN 11 April 1906
DIED 19 April 1986 AGE 80
VC Won 22-23 April 1951 AGE 45
Place VC Won Imjin River, Korea
War/Campaign Korean War
Memorials
P Headstone, St James the Great Churchyard, Cranham, Gloucestershire, England
P Stone Celtic cross at Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucestershire
P Named on Honours Board, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Surrey
P Memorial Plaque, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
By The Way…
VC Held By
Gloucestershire Regiment Museum, Custom House, Commercial Road, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
