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VC604 William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse
BORN 26 September 1887
DIED 27 April 1915 AGE 27
VC Won 26 April 1915 AGE 27
Place VC Won Over Courtrai, France
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 604 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Flying Corps, No. 2 Squadron
Later
Now Royal Air Force
Rank VC Won Second Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant (notified posthumously)
Place Of Birth London, England
Place Of Death No. 6 Casualty Clearing Station, Merville, France
Buried/Location Ashes Parnham Private Cemetery, Parnham House, Beaminster, Dorset, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Buried in the grounds of family home
Gazetted 22 May 1915
VC Presented No presentation
Memorials
P Headstone, Parnham Private Cemetery, Parnham House, Beaminster, Dorset
P Named on memorial in Lamport Churchyard, Northamptonshire
P Named on War Memorial, St Mary’s Church, Beaminster, Dorset
P Named on War Memorial, Beaminster, Dorset
P Named on RAF Memorial at St Clement Dane's Church, Aldwych, London
P Rhodes-Moorhouse Court, Morden, Surrey
P Moorhouse Road, Harrow, NW London
Moorhouse Way, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
Rhodes Place & Moorhouse Street, Tradale, Napier, New Zealand
P Named on War Memorial, St Andrews Churchyard, Spratton, Northamptonshire
P Named on Roll Of Honour, St Andrews Church, Spratton, Northamptonshire
P Named on War Memorial, Town Square, Beaminster, Dorset
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Memorial Garden, Spratton, Northamptonshire
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, War Memorial, Beaminster, Dorset
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Embankment Gardens, Whitehall, London
By The Way…
One of only a few bodies ever returned home from the war. He was laid to rest in the grounds of the family home
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
Thank you to Enid Jarvis for photos at Spratton, Northamptonshire
