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VC602 William Charles Williams
BORN 15 September 1880
DIED 25 April 1915 AGE 34
VC Won 25 April 1915 AGE 34
Place VC Won V Beach, Seddul Bahr, Gallipoli, Turkey
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name William Charles Williams No. O.N. 186774 (R.F.R. B. 3766) POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 602 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Navy
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Able Seaman
Rank End Of Career Able Seaman
Place Of Birth Stanton Lacy, Shropshire, England
Place Of Death V Beach, Sedd-el-Bahr, Gallipoli, Turkey
Buried/Location Ashes Location unknown, Turkey
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 16 August 1915
VC Presented 16 November 1916 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England to his father, William Williams
Memorials
P Named on Portsmouth Naval Memorial (panel 8, column 1), Clarence Esplanade, Hampshire
P Williams Close, Rowner, Hampshire
P Plaque & 'U' Boat gun, Beaufort Square & named on Chepstow War Memorial, Gwent, Wales
P Plaque on War Memorial, Stanton Lacy, Shropshire
P Named on War Memorial at The Priory and Parish Church of St Mary, Chepstow, Gwent, Wales
By The Way…
Having been seriously wounded during his VC action, he was killed by a shell that exploded nearby as he was being carried to safety
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
