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VC800   Horace Waller

Name   Horace Waller   No.   30144   POSTHUMOUS

VC Issue No.   800   Awards   VC   

Regiment   King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 10th (Service) Battalion, C Company

Later   Light Infantry

Now   3rd and 5th Battalions The Rifles

Rank VC Won   Private

Rank End Of Career   Private

Place Of Birth   11 Woodhill Terrace, Batley Carr, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England

Place Of Death   

Buried/Location Ashes   Cojeul British Cemetery, St Martin-sur-Cojeul, 5 miles south-east of Arras, Pas de Calais, France

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone (CWGC)   Plot/Grave no.   Row C, Grave 55

Gazetted   8 June 1917

VC Presented   21 July 1917 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England to his parents, John Edward and Esther

Memorials

P  Headstone, Cojeul British Cemetery, St Martin-sur-Cojeul, 5 miles south-east of Arras, Pas de Calais, France

P  Horace Waller VC Parade, Shawcross Business Park, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire

P  Named On Memorial Plaque, Town Hall, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire

Name On Family Grave,  Dewsbury Cemetery, West Yorkshire

Named On War Memorial, Holy Trinity Church, Batley Carr, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire

Memorial, Holy Trinity Church, Batley Carr, West Yorkshire

P  Named On War Memorial, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire

Named On War Memorial, Batley Grammer School, Batley, West Yorkshire

P  Named On War Memorial, Batley Carr, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire

By The Way…

Rejected twice on medical grounds, accepted on the third try

VC Held By

Privately held

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BORN   23 September 1897

DIED   10 April 1917   AGE   19

VC Won   10 April 1917   AGE   19

Place VC Won   South of Heninel, France

War/Campaign   First World War 1917