Place Of Birth 55 Church Street, Bootle, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Place Of Death At his home, 1 Cherry Tree Close, Netheredge, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Buried/Location Ashes The Crypt Chapel of All Saints, Sheffield Cathedral, Yorkshire, England
Cremated City Road Crematorium, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Date Buried/Cremated 1 February 1973
Headstone Ashes Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 5 August 1916
VC Presented 10 August 1916 by King George V at 4th Army HQ, near Amiens, France
Memorials
P Named On Crypt, Chapel of All Saints, Sheffield Cathedral, Yorkshire, England
P Named On Victoria Cross Plaque, The Museum of the Manchesters, Ashton Town Hall, Ashton-under-Lyne, Gtr Manchester
Blue Plaque On St Marys Church, Droylsden, Gtr Manchester
Blue Plaque On St Stephens Church, Hyde, Gtr Manchester
P 22 Berberis Bush's Planted In Honour Of The 22 WW1 Victoria Cross Winners Of The Church Lads Brigade, The Church Lads & Church Girls Brigade, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
By The Way…
He was the first Victoria Cross winner to be given his medal by King George V in the field.
During the Second World War he served as a Chaplin to the Royal Air Force.
VC Held By
Kings Regiment Museum collection, Museum of Liverpool, Pier Head, Liverpool, Merseyside
