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VC804 John William Ormsby
Name John William Ormsby No. 1836
VC Issue No. 804 Awards VC MM
Regiment King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 2nd Battalion, B Company
Later Light Infantry
Now 3rd and 5th Battalions The Rifles
Rank VC Won Sergeant
Rank End Of Career Sergeant
Place Of Birth Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England
Place Of Death At his home, 28 Low Road, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England
Buried/Location Ashes Dewsbury Cemetery, Yorkshire, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Section R, Grave 718
Gazetted 8 June 1917
VC Presented 11 June 1917 by Major-General A. R. Montagu-Stuart Wortley (ribbon) & 30 June 1917 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Dewsbury Cemetery, Yorkshire, England
P John Ormsby VC Way, Shawcross Business Park, Dewsbury, Yorkshire
P Memorial Plaque, Town Hall, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
By The Way…
His headstone stated he was born in 1889. This was corrected in 2011 to the right date 1881
VC Held By
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Museum, Chequer Road, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England
BORN 11 January 1881
DIED 29 July 1952 AGE 71
VC Won 14 April 1917 AGE 36
Place VC Won Favet, France
War/Campaign First World War 1917
