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VC855 Ernest Herbert Pitcher
Name Ernest Herbert Pitcher No. O.N 227029 ELECTED BY BALLOT
VC Issue No. 855 Awards VC DSM
Regiment Royal Navy
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Petty Officer
Rank End Of Career Chief Petty Officer
Place Of Birth Mullion, Cornwall, England
Place Of Death Royal Navy Auxiliary Hospital, Sherborne, Dorset, England
Buried/Location Ashes Northbrook Cemetery, Swanage, Dorset, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Unconsecrated section, Plot F, Grave 122
Gazetted 2 November 1917
VC Presented 5 December 1917 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Northbrook Cemetery, Swanage, Dorset, England
P Memorial Plaque, Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Swanage, Dorset
P Memorial Plaque, Heritage Centre, Mullion, Cornwall
By The Way…
He served on 3 Q-Ships that all were involved in VC Actions, he gaining the VC on the third HMS Dunraven
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
BORN 31 December 1888
DIED 10 February 1946 AGE 57
VC Won 6 August 1917 AGE 28
Place VC Won Bay of Biscay, Atlantic Ocean
War/Campaign First World War 1917
