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Name Thomas Bryan No. 22040
VC Issue No. 792 Awards VC
Regiment Northumberland Fusiliers, 25th (Service) Battalion (2nd Tyneside Irish)
Later
Now Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
Rank VC Won Lance Corporal
Rank End Of Career Lance Corporal
Place Of Birth Bott Lane, Lye, near Stourbridge, West Midlands, England
Place Of Death At his home, 44 Askearn Road, Bentley, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England
Buried/Location Ashes Arksey Cemetery, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Section J, Grave 237
Gazetted 8 June 1917
VC Presented 17 June 1917 by King George V at the ground of Newcastle United Football Club, St James's Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Arksey Cemetery, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England
Memorial Plaque, Foyer, Castleford Civic Centre, Yorkshire
Named On Memorial, Libary, Carlton Street, Castleford, Yorkshire
P Bryan Close, Castleford, Yorkshire
By The Way…
The headstone in Arksey Cemetery was Refurbished in 2013 by the Victoria Cross Trust
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
BORN 21 January 1882
DIED 13 October 1945 AGE 63
VC Won 9 April 1917 AGE 35
Place VC Won Near Arras, France
War/Campaign First World War 1917
