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VC645 Percy Howard Hansen
BORN 26 October 1890
DIED 12 February 1951 AGE 60
VC Won 9 August 1915 AGE 24
Place VC Won Hill 70 (Scimitar Hill), Yilghin Burnu, Sulva Bay sector, Gallipoli, Turkey
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name Percy Howard Hansen No.
VC Issue No. 645 Awards VC DSO MC
Regiment Lincolnshire Regiment, 6th (Service) Battalion
Later
Now Royal Anglian Regiment
Rank VC Won Captain
Rank End Of Career Brigadier
Place Of Birth Durban, South Africa
Place Of Death Copenhagen, Denmark
Buried/Location Ashes Garnisons Kirkegaard (Garrison Churchyard), Dag Hammerskjolds Alle 10, Copenhagen, Denmark
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Section R, Row K, Grave 3
Gazetted 1 October 1915
VC Presented 4 December 1915 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
Headstone, Garnisons Kirkegaard (Garrison Churchyard), Dag Hammerskjolds Alle 10, Copenhagen, Denmark
P Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire
Victoria Cross Commemorative Plaque, The Castle, Zonnebloem, Cape Town, South Africa
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
By The Way…
Born in South Africa to Danish parents, Percy Hansen became a British citizen while at school at Eton
VC Held By
Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, Kennington, London, England
