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VC818 Robert Grierson Combe
Name Robert Grierson Combe No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 818 Awards VC
Regiment Canadian Expeditionary Force, Manitoba Regiment, 27th Battalion
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant
Place Of Birth Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Place Of Death South of Acheville, France
Buried/Location Ashes Location unknown, Pas de Calais, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Named on Vimy Memorial to the Missing Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 27 June 1917
VC Presented 1919 by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) at Legislative Assembly, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada to his widow, Jean
Memorials
P Named on Vimy Memorial to the Missing, France
Named on Family Headstone, Allen Vale Cemetery, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Named on Honours Board, Aberdeen Grammer School, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Plaque, British High Commission, 80 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Lake Combe, North Saskatchewan, Canada
By The Way…
He actually rose to the rank of Major, but reverted to Lieutenant, at his own request, in order to serve overseas
VC Held By
Saskatchewan Archives, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
BORN 5 August 1880
DIED 3 May 1917 AGE 36
VC Won 3 May 1917 AGE 36
Place VC Won South of Acheville, France
War/Campaign First World War 1917
