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VC629 Walter Herbert James
BORN 13 November 1888
DIED 15 August 1958 AGE 69
VC Won 28 June & 2 July 1915 AGE 26
Place VC Won Gully Ravine, Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name Walter Herbert James No.
VC Issue No. 629 Awards VC
Regiment Worcestershire Regiment, 4th Battalion
Later Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters Regiment
Now 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment
Rank VC Won Second Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Major
Place Of Birth Ladywood, Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Place Of Death St Mary Abbot's Hospital, Kensington, London, England
Buried/Location Ashes West London Crematorium, Harrow Road, Kensal Green, London, England
Cremated West London Crematorium, Kensal Green, London, England
Date Buried/Cremated 20 August 1958
Headstone Ashes Plot/Grave no. Garden of Remembrance
Gazetted 1 September 1915
VC Presented 15 January 1916, King George V, Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
Memorial stone
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Walk of Heroes, Hall of Memory, Centenary Square, Birmingham, West Midlands
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Walk of Heroes, Hall of Memory, Centenary Square, Birmingham, West Midlands
By The Way…
Walter James spent the last months of his life living as a recluse
VC Held By
Maryborough Military & Colonial Museum, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
