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VC586 Benjamin Handley Geary
BORN 29 June 1891
DIED 26 May 1976 AGE 84
VC Won 20-21 April 1915 AGE 23
Place VC Won Hill 60, Zwarteleen, Belgium
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name Benjamin Handley Geary No.
VC Issue No. 586 Awards VC
Regiment East Surrey Regiment, 4th Battalion attached to 1st Battalion, C Company
Later
Now Princess of Wales Royal Regiment
Rank VC Won Second Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Major
Place Of Birth Marylebone, London, England
Place Of Death Niagra Hospital, Niagra-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada
Buried/Location Ashes St Mark's Church Cemetery, Niagra-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 15 October 1915
VC Presented 9 December 1915 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, St Mark's Church Cemetery, Niagra-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
P Named on oak panel, All Saints Parish Church, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, South London
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Cross of Sacrifice, Glasneven Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, War Memorial, Victoria Square, St Helens, Lancashire
By The Way…
Attended the unveiling by HRH the Prince of Wales of the tomb of the Belgian Unknown Warrior, Brussels, April 1923
VC Held By
Canadian War Museum, 1 Vimy Place, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Thank you to Bill Sweeney and Robert Holloway for their headstone photos
