Regiment Manchester Regiment, 1/9th Battalion, A Company
Later King’s Regiment
Now The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Major
Place Of Birth Fairfield Lane, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England
Place Of Death At his home, 'Foxearth Cottage', Holyport, Berkshire, England
Buried/Location Ashes Touchen End (Holy Trintiy) Churchyard, Bray, near Maidenhead, Kent, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 9 September 1915
VC Presented 18 October 1915 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Touchen End (Holy Trintiy) Churchyard, Bray, near Maidenhead, Kent
Plaque on main gate of disused Ladysmith Barracks, Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester, Lancashire
P Named on Victoria Cross Plaque outside & Freedom of the Borough plaque inside The Museum of the Manchesters, Ashton Town Hall, Market Place, Ashton-under-Lyne
Plaque on wall of Touchen End Cemetery, Bray, near Maidenhead, Berkshire
Plaque at his home 'Foxearth Cottage', Holyport, near Maidenhead, Berkshire
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Barrow Park, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria
By The Way…
A headstone was erected in 1994, not on exact location of grave
His original VC was lost, a replacement was given 9 November 1929
VC Held By
Manchester Regiment, The Museum of the Manchesters, Ashton Town Hall, Market Place, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England
