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VC781   George Edward Cates

Name   George Edward Cates   No.      POSTHUMOUS

VC Issue No.   781   Awards   VC   

Regiment   Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own), 2nd Battalion

Later   

Now   Disbanded

Rank VC Won   Second Lieutenant

Rank End Of Career   Second Lieutenant

Place Of Birth   86 Hartfield Road, Wimbledon, London, England

Place Of Death   East of  Bouchavesnes, France

Buried/Location Ashes   Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Rue de la Ferme, Hem-Monacu, Somme, 5 miles west of Peronne, Somme, France

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone (CWGC)   Plot/Grave no.   Plot 1, Row G, Grave 15

Gazetted   11 May 1917

VC Presented   2 June 1917 by King George V at Hyde Park, London, England to his father, George

Memorials

P  Headstone, Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Rue de la Ferme, Hem-Monacu, Somme, 5 miles west of Peronne, Somme, France

P  Named on Rifle Brigade Role of Fame Memorial, Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire

P  Memorial Plaque,  St Mary the Virgin Parish Church, Wimbledon, London

P  Named on Roehampton War Memorial, Kingston Vale, London

Named on War Memorial, Rutlish School, Merton Park, South London

By The Way…

The original VC was destroyed by fire in 1951, a replacement was given

VC Held By

Royal Green Jackets Museum, Peninsular Barracks, Romsey Road, Winchester, Hampshire, England

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BORN   8 May 1892

DIED   9 March 1917   AGE   24

VC Won   8 March 1917   AGE   24

Place VC Won   East of Bouchavesnes, France

War/Campaign   First World War 1917