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VC898   Joseph Lister   

Name   Joseph Lister   No.   8133   

VC Issue No.   898   Awards   VC   

Regiment   Lancashire Fusiliers, 1st Battalion

Later   

Now   Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

Rank VC Won   Sergeant

Rank End Of Career   Sergeant

Place Of Birth   65 Fenney Street, Higher Broughton, Salford, Lancashire, England

Place Of Death   Reddish Hospital, Stockport, Cheshire, England

Buried/Location Ashes   Willow Grove Cemetery, Central Drive, off Reddish Road, South Reddish, Cheshire, England

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone    Plot/Grave no.   Section P, Grave 9931

Gazetted   26 November 1917

VC Presented   22 February 1919 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England

Memorials

P  Headstone, Willow Grove Cemetery, Central Drive, off Reddish Road, South Reddish, Cheshire, England

By The Way…

One of the jobs Joeseph Lister done in later life, was a Lollipop Man

VC Held By

The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M

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BORN   19 October 1886

DIED   19 January 1963    AGE   76

VC Won   9 October 1917   AGE   30

Place VC Won   Olga House, Ypres, Belgium

War/Campaign   First World War 1917