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BORN 24 July 1890
DIED 13 February 1953 AGE 62
VC Won 5 September 1915 AGE 25
Place VC Won Hafiz Kor, N.W.F., India, now Pakistan
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name Charles Hull No. 1053
VC Issue No. 651 Awards VC
Regiment 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers, C Squadron
Later Queens Royal Lancers
Now The Royal Lancers
Rank VC Won Private (Shoeing Smith)
Rank End Of Career Corporal
Place Of Birth 3 Albert Terrace, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England
Place Of Death At his home, 11 Chapel Place, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Buried/Location Ashes Woodhouse Lane Cemetery, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 17 February 1953
Headstone Unmarked grave Plot/Grave no. Section A, Grave 11804
Gazetted 3 March 1916
VC Presented 3 December 1919 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Plaque on site of old cemetery chapel, in the grounds of University of Leeds
Plaque at St Peter's Primary School, Harrogate, Yorkshire
P Named on Leeds VC memorial, outside Leeds City Art Gallery, Cetenary Square, Leeds, Yorkshire
P Plaque at Harrogate war memorial, Harrogate, north Yorkshire
P Plaque Queen Victoria Gardens, Station Parade, Harrogate, north Yorkshire
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Cenotaph, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
By The Way…
Cemetery levelled in 1969, now part of the University of Leeds
VC Held By
Queens Royal Lancers Museum, Thoresby Courtyard, Thoresby Park, Perlethorpe, Nottinghamshire, NG22 9EP
