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VC679 John Joseph Caffrey
BORN 23 October 1891
DIED 26 February 1953 AGE 61
VC Won 16 November 1915 AGE 24
Place VC Won Near La Brique, France
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name John Joseph Caffrey No. 9730
VC Issue No. 679 Awards VC
Regiment York & Lancaster Regiment, 2nd Battalion
Later
Now Disbanded
Rank VC Won Private
Rank End Of Career Lance-Corporal
Place Of Birth Birr, Co. Offaly, Ireland
Place Of Death Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, Derby, Derbyshire, England
Buried/Location Ashes Wilford Hill Cemetery (Southern Cemetery), Loughborough Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Section R, Grave 23-8
Gazetted 22 January 1916
VC Presented 23 February 1916 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Wilford Hill Cemetery (Southern Cemetery), Loughborough Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
P Named on VC Memorial, Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
By The Way…
A new headstone was put up in may 2007
VC Held By
York & Lancaster Regiment Museum, Brian O'Malley Library & Arts Centre, Walker Place, Rotherham, Yorkshire, England
