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VC729 William La Touche Congreve
BORN 22 March 1891
DIED 20 July 1916 AGE 25
VC Won 6-20 July 1916 AGE 25
Place VC Won The Somme, France
War/Campaign First World War 1916
Name William La Touche Congreve No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 729 Awards VC DSO MC
Regiment Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
Later Royal Green Jackets
Now 2nd and 4th Battalions The Rifles
Rank VC Won Brevet Major
Rank End Of Career Brevet Major
Place Of Birth Burton Hall, Burton, near Neston, Cheshire, England
Place Of Death North west of Deville Wood, near Longueval, Somme, France
Buried/Location Ashes Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension, 9 miles east of Amiens, Somme, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 21 July 1916
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot 1, Row F, Grave 35
Gazetted 26 October 1916
VC Presented 1 November 1916 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England to his widow, Pamela
Memorials
P Headstone, Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension, 9 miles east of Amiens, Somme, France
P Named On Rifle Brigade Role Of Fame Memorial, Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire
P Memorial, Corbie Church, Rue Charles de Gaulle, Corbie, Somme, France
P Marble Plaque, St John The Baptist Church, Stow-by-Chartley, Staffordshire
P Named On War Memorial, St John The Baptist Church, Stow-by-Chartley, Staffordshire
P Named on War Memorial, St Marks Church, Farnborough, Hampshire
P Named on War Memorial, Farnborough, Hampshire
P Named On Regimental War Memorial, Memorial Chapel, Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey
P Named On War Memorial, Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire
P Named On Victoria Cross Memorial, Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire
P Named On Rifle Brigade Memorial, Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire
P Named On Old Boys Memorial, Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire
By The Way…
He was the son of (445) Sir Walter Morris Congreve VC
He was also the first officer to be awarded the VC DSO & MC during the First World War
VC Held By
Royal Green Jackets Museum, Peninsular Barracks, Romsey Road, Winchester, Hampshire, England
