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VC688 Eric Archibald McNair
BORN 16 June 1894
DIED 12 August 1918 AGE 24
VC Won 14 February 1916 AGE 21
Place VC Won Near Hooge, Belgium
War/Campaign First World War 1916
Name Eric Archibald McNair No.
VC Issue No. 688 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Sussex Regiment, 9th (Service) Battalion
Later
Now Princess of Wales Royal Regiment
Rank VC Won Temporary Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Captain
Place Of Birth 5 Harrington Street, Calcutta, India
Place Of Death 11 General Hospital, Genova, Italy
Buried/Location Ashes Cimitero Di Staglieno, British War Cemetery, Genova, Italy
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 8 November 1918
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot 1, Row B, Grave 32
Gazetted 30 March 1916
VC Presented 20 May 1916 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Cimitero Di Staglieno, British War Cemetery, Genova, Italy
P Named on Royal Sussex Regimental First World War panels, Chapel of St George, Chichester Cathedral, Sussex
P Named on choirstall, St Peters & St Pauls Church, Godalming, Surrey
Named on Chapel War Memorial, Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey
P Named on masonic roll of honour scroll, Freemasons Hall, Great Queen Street, London
Named on War Memorial, Magdalen College, Oxford, Oxfordshire
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
By The Way…
Eric McNair was serving on the Italian front when he died of dysentery near the end of the war
VC Held By
Royal Sussex Regiment Museum, Redoubt Fortress, Royal Parade, Eastbourne, East Sussex
