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VC532 Job Henry Charles Drain
BORN 15 October 1895
DIED 26 July 1975 AGE 79
VC Won 26 August 1914 AGE 18
Place VC Won Le Cateau, France
War/Campaign First World War 1914
Name Job Henry Charles Drain No. 69960
VC Issue No. 532 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Field Artillery, 37th Howitzer (H) Battery
Later
Now Royal Regiment of Artillery
Rank VC Won Driver
Rank End Of Career Sergeant
Place Of Birth Barking, Essex, England
Place Of Death At his home, 42 Greatfields Road, Barking, Essex, England
Buried/Location Ashes Rippleside Cemetery, Ripple Road, Barking, Essex, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Plot U, Grave 158
Gazetted 25 November 1914
VC Presented 1 December 1914 by King George V in the field at Locon, France
Memorials
P Headstone, Rippleside Cemetery, Ripple Road, Barking, Essex, England
P Named on memorial at Royal Artillery Chapel, Woolwich, London
P Statue, The Broadway, Barking, East London
P Blue plaque, Greatfield Road, Barking, East London
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, The Broadway, Barking, East London
By The Way…
He managed to go through the whole war and VC action, without being wounded once
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
