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VC938   Charles William Train

Name   Charles William Train   No.   510051  

VC Issue No.   938   Awards   VC    

Regiment   London Regiment (London Scottish), 2/14th (County of London) Battalion

Later   

Now   A Company, London Scottish, The London Regiment

Rank VC Won    Corporal

Rank End Of Career   Sergeant

Place Of Birth   Finsbury Park, London, England

Place Of Death   Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Buried/Location Ashes   Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Gilpin Street, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone    Plot/Grave no.   Field of Honour, Normandy Section, Lot 208, Grave 3

Gazetted   27 February 1918

VC Presented   6 August 1918 by King George V at 2nd Army HQ, Blendecques, near St Omer, France

Memorials

Headstone, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Gilpin Street, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

By The Way…

The village of Ain Karim were his VC action took place, was the traditional birthplace of John the Baptist.

VC Held By

London Scottish Regimental Museum, RHQ, 95 Horseferry Road, London, England

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BORN   21 September 1890

DIED   28 March 1965    AGE   74

VC Won   8 December 1917   AGE 27  

Place VC Won   Air Karim, Jerusalem, Palestine, now Israel

War/Campaign   First World War 1917