Name Reginald Alexander John Warneford No.
VC Issue No. 625 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Navy, No. 1 Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Flight Sub-Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Flight Sub-Lieutenant
Place Of Birth near Cooch Behar, Darjeeling, India
Place Of Death Britsh Military Hospital, Trianon Palace Hotel, Versailles, France
Buried/Location Ashes Brompton Cemetery, Old Brompton Road, West Brompton, London, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 22 June 1915
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Compartment 6 East
Gazetted 11 June 1915
VC Presented Received by his mother Alexandra Corkery from the Admiralty
Memorials
P Headstone, Brompton Cemetery, Old Brompton Road, West Brompton, London
P Plaque in St Michael's Church, Highworth, Wiltshire
P Named on RAF Memorial at St Clement Dane's Church, Aldwych, London
P Blue plaque on former home, Morton Road, Exmouth, Devon
P Name on plaque, Town Hall, Exmouth, Devon
P Name on War Memorial, Exmouth, Devon
P Name on War Memorial, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire
P Name on War Memorial, King Edward VI School, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire
P Name on VC Memorial, St Bartholomews Church, Yeovilton, Somerset
Memorial plaque, Visitatiestraat, Sint Amandsberg, Ghent, Belguim
Warneford Place, Oxhey, Watford, Hertfordfordshire
P Warneford Road, Harrow, NW London
Reginald Warnefordstraat, Ghent, Belguim
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, King Edward VI School, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Strand Gardens, Exmouth, Devon
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, High Street, Highworth, Wiltshire
Memorial Plaque, St Matthews Church, Oxhey, Hertfordshire
Warneford Place, Oxhey, Hertfordshire
P Highworth Warneford School, Highworth, Wiltshire
By The Way…
Headstone erected following a appeal by the Daily Express, unveiled by Lord Derby on 11 July 1916
Swiftest award of the VC following an action as it was announced by telegram on the following day, first to be announced in such a way
VC Held By
Fleet Air Arm Museum, RNAS Yeovilton, Ilchester, Somerset, England
