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BORN 19 September 1888
DIED 25 September 1915 AGE 27
VC Won 25 September 1915 AGE 27
Place VC Won Le Rutoire Farm, France
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name Harry Wells No. 8088 POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 662 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Sussex Regiment, 2nd Battalion
Later
Now Princess of Wales Royal Regiment
Rank VC Won Sergeant
Rank End Of Career Sergeant
Place Of Birth Hole Cottage, Millbank, Kent, England
Place Of Death Near Le Rutoire Farm, France
Buried/Location Ashes Dud Corner British Cemetery, 1km west of Loos-en-Gohelle, Pas de Calais, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot 5, Row E, Grave 2
Gazetted 18 November 1915
VC Presented 29 November 1916 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England to his mother
Memorials
P Headstone, Dud Corner British Cemetery, 1km west of Loos-en-Gohelle, Pas de Calais, France
P Named on Royal Sussex Regimental First World War panels, Chapel of St George, Chichester Cathedral, Sussex
P Named on Herne War Memorial, Kent
P Named on war memorial, Ashford, Kent
P Memorial in St Bartholomew's Church, Herne Bay, Kent
P Named on war memorial, Christchurch Church, Ashford, Kent
P Harry Wells Road, Herne, Kent
Display at Royal Sussex Regimental Museum, Redoubt Fortress, Royal Parade, Eastbourne, Sussex
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, War Memorial, St Martins Churchyard, Herne, Kent
By The Way…
Before the war Harry Wells was a policeman in Ashford, Kent
VC Held By
Royal Sussex Regiment Museum, Redoubt Fortress, Royal Parade, Eastbourne, East Sussex
