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VC634 Sidney Clayton Woodroffe
BORN 17 December 1895
DIED 30 July 1915 AGE 19
VC Won 30 July 1915 AGE 19
Place VC Won Hooge, Belgium
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name Sidney Clayton Woodroffe No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 634 Awards VC
Regiment Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own), 8th Battalion
Later Royal Green Jackets
Now 2nd and 4th Battalions The Rifles
Rank VC Won Second Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Second Lieutenant
Place Of Birth Lewes, Sussex, England
Place Of Death Near 'Old Bond Street' trench, Zouave Wood, Hooge, Belgium
Buried/Location Ashes Named on Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, Ypres, Belgium (location unknown)
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Panel 46, Column 3
Gazetted 6 September 1915
VC Presented 29 November 1916 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England to his parents, Henry Long and Clara
Memorials
P Named on Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium
P Named on war memorial, All Saints Church, Western Road, Branksome Park, Dorset
P Named on Rifle Brigade Memorial, Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire
P Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Marlborough College, Marlborough, Wiltshire
P Named on war memorial, Marlborough College, Marlborough, Wiltshire
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Library, Styles Field, Lewes, East Sussex
By The Way…
One of four brothers, three of the brothers died in the war
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
Thank you to Terry Rogers, honorary archivist at Marlborough
