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VC531 Charles Allix Lavington Yate
BORN 14 March 1872
DIED 20 September 1914 AGE 42
VC Won 26 August 1914 AGE 42
Place VC Won Le Cateau, France
War/Campaign First World War 1914
Name Charles Allix Lavington Yate No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 531 Awards VC
Regiment King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 2nd Battalion, B Company
Later Light Infantry
Now 3rd and 5th Battalions The Rifles
Rank VC Won Major
Rank End Of Career Major
Place Of Birth Madeley Vicarage, Madeley, Telford, Shropshire, England
Place Of Death Torgau, near Berlin, Germany
Buried/Location Ashes Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Stahnsdorf, Germany
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot II, Row G, Grave 8
Gazetted 25 November 1914
VC Presented 2 August 1919, King George V, Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
Headstone, Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Stahnsdorf, Germany
Named on screen at St Aldhelm's Church, Weymouth, Dorset
P Named on War Memorial at St Michael's Church, Madeley, Telford, Shropshire
P Named on war memorial, Madeley, Telford, Shropshire
P Named on memorial, Sandhurst Memorial Chapel, Camberley, Surrey
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Russell Square, Madeley, Shropshire
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
By The Way…
A memorial did exist at St Andrews church, Tokyo, Japan, but was destroyed in the Second World War
VC Held By
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Museum, Chequer Road, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England
