Name William Frederick McFadzean No. 14/18278 POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 718 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Irish Rifles, 14th Battalion
Later
Now Royal Irish Regiment
Rank VC Won Private
Rank End Of Career Private
Place Of Birth Lurgan, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland
Place Of Death Thiepval Wood, Somme, France
Buried/Location Ashes Named on Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, Thiepval Anglo-French Cemetery, 5 miles north east of Albert, Somme, France (location unknown)
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
HeadstonePlot/Grave no. Pier 15, Face A
Gazetted 8 June 1917
VC Presented 28 February 1917 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England to his father, William
Memorials
P Named On Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Memorial, St Johns Church, Newtonbreda, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Memorial, St Johns Church, Newtonbreda, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Named On War Memorial, Outside St Johns Church, Newtonbreda, Belfast, Northern Ireland
P Named On War Memorial, Lurgan, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland
P Plaque, Town Hall, Lurgan, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland
P Wall Mural, Mountainview Estate, Lurgan, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland
Plaque On Former Home, 372 Creagh Road, Castleneagh, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland
Memorial, Council Offices, Castleneagh, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland
Named On Regimental Memorial, St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast, Northern Ireland
P Named On Memorial Stone, The Ulster Tower, Thiepval, Somme, France
Named On War Memorial, Collegians Rugby Football Club, Belfast, Northern Ireland
By The Way…
He played Rugby for Collegians RFC
VC Held By
Royal Ulster Rifles Regimental Museum, RHQ, The Royal Irish Rifles, 5 Waring Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland
