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VC597   Arthur Walderne St. Clair Tisdall

BORN   21 July 1890

DIED   6 May 1915   AGE   24

VC Won    25 April 1915   AGE   24

Place VC Won   V Beach, Seddul Bahr, Gallipoli, Turkey

War/Campaign   First World War 1915

Name   Arthur Walderne St. Clair Tisdall   No.      POTHUMOUS

VC Issue No.   597   Awards   VC   

Regiment   Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Royal Naval Division, Anson Battalion, 13 Platoon, D Company

Later   

Now   Royal Navy

Rank VC Won   Sub - Lieutenant

Rank End Of Career   Sub - Lieutenant

Place Of Birth   Bombay, Imdia

Place Of Death   Near Kanli Dere, Turkey

Buried/Location Ashes   Location unknown (buried a few yards from where he fell but body never recovered), Turkey

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   07 May 1915

Headstone   Memorial   Plot/Grave no.   

Gazetted   31 March 1916

VC Presented   By King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England to his parents, Reverend Dr & Mrs William St Clair

Memorials

P  Named on Helles Memorial (panel 8-15), Gallipoli, Turkey

P  Memorial at St George's Church, Deal, Kent

P  Illuminated citation, Memorial Hall, Bedford School, Bedford, Bedfordshire

P  Name on War Memorial, Memorial Hall, Bedford School, Bedford, Bedfordshire

P  Named on oak panel, school chapel, Bedford School, Bedford, Bedfordshire

P  Named on illuminated war memorial, school chapel, Bedford School, Bedford, Bedfordshire

P  Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire

By The Way…

He was the first member of the Royal Naval Division to be awarded the VC

VC Held By

Royal Naval Museum, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

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Thank you to John and Judy Bartley, for photos from Gallipoli

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