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VC666 Alfred Alexander Burt
BORN 3 March 1895
DIED 9 June 1962 AGE 67
VC Won 27 September 1915 AGE 20
Place VC Won Cuinchy, France
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name Alfred Alexander Burt No. 1665
VC Issue No. 666 Awards VC
Regiment Hertfordshire Regiment, 1st Battalion
Later
Now Royal Anglian Regiment
Rank VC Won Corporal
Rank End Of Career Sergeant
Place Of Birth Port Vale, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
Place Of Death Tindal General Hospital, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England
Buried/Location Ashes West Hertfordshire Crematorium, High Elms Lane, Garston, Watford, Hertfordshire, England
Cremated West Hertfordshire Crematorium, High Elms Lane, Garston, Watford, Hertfordshire, England
Date Buried/Cremated 14 June 1962
Headstone Ashes Plot/Grave no. Plot AR48
Gazetted 22 January 1916
VC Presented 4 March 1916 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
Alfred Burt VC Close, Chesham, Buckinghamshire
By The Way…
One of only two VC’s awarded to the Hertfordshire Regiment
VC Held By
Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment, Luton Museum, Wardown Park, Luton, Bedfordshire, England
