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VC678 Gilbert Stuart Martin Insall
BORN 14 May 1894
DIED 17 February 1972 AGE 77
VC Won 7 November 1915 AGE 21
Place VC Won Near Achiet, France
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name Gilbert Stuart Martin Insall No.
VC Issue No. 678 Awards VC MC
Regiment Royal Flying Corps, No. 11 Squadron
Later
Now Royal Air Force
Rank VC Won Second Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Group-Captain
Place Of Birth Paris, France
Place Of Death Monk's Hill, Scrooby, Bawtry, Yorkshire, England
Buried/Location Ashes All Saints Churchyard, Nocton, Lincolnshire, England
Cremated Rose Hill Crematorium, Cantley Lane, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England
Date Buried/Cremated 24 February 1972
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 23 December 1915
VC Presented 26 September 1917, King George V, Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, All Saints Churchyard, Nocton, Lincolnshire
Memorial Headstone, Rose Hill Crematorium, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
P Named on RAF Memorial at St Clement Dane's Church, Aldwych, London
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
By The Way…
Made several escapes as a POW eventually succeeding and winning the MC for his efforts
VC Held By
Royal Air Force Museum, Grahame Park Way, Hendon, London, England
