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VC524   Charles Ernest Garforth

BORN   23 October 1891

DIED   1 July 1973  AGE   81

VC Won   23 August 1914   AGE   22

Place VC Won   Harmingnies, France

War/Campaign   First World War 1914

Name   Charles Ernest Garforth  No.  7368

VC Issue No.   524   Awards   VC      

Regiment   15th (King's) Hussars, A Squadron

Later   

Now   Light Dragoons

Rank VC Won   Corporal

Rank End Of Career   Sergeant

Place Of Birth   19 Chaplin Road, Willesden Green, London, England

Place Of Death   At his caravan home, 5 Lock Close, Ryland, Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England

Buried/Location Ashes   Wilford Hill Crematorium, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England

Cremated   Wilford Hill Crematorium, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England

Date Buried/Cremated   4 July 1973

Headstone   Ashes   Plot/Grave no.   Garden of Rest

Gazetted   16 November 1914

VC Presented   19 December 1918 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England

Memorials

P  Memorial headstone, Wilford Hill Crematorium, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham

P  Named on Victoria Cross memorial, Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

P  Garforth Close, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

P  22 Berberis Bush's Planted In Honour Of The 22 WW1 Victoria Cross Winners Of The Church Lads Brigade, The Church Lads & Church Girls Brigade, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire

P  Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Lechmere Road, Willesden Green, N.W.London

By The Way…

A memorial headstone was erected at the garden of remembrance in 2008

Present at the burial of the Unknown Warrior at Westminster Abbey

VC Held By

Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, Kennington, London, England

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Thank You To The Late Kenneth Grey And The Church Lads & Church Girls Brigade For Information On Their National Memorial Arboretum Garden