Name Herbert George Columbine No. 50720 POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 956 Awards VC
Regiment Machine Gun Corps, 9th Squadron
Later
Now Disbanded
Rank VC Won Private
Rank End Of Career Private
Place Of Birth Penge, South London, England
Place Of Death Hervilly Wood, France
Buried/Location Ashes Named on PoziΦres Memorial to the Missing,PoziΦres British Cemetery, Ovillers-la-Boisselle, 3 miles north-east of Albert, Somme, France (location unknown)
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Panel 93
Gazetted 28 June 1918
VC Presented 22 June 1918 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England to his mother, Emma
Memorials
P Named on Pozieres Memorial to the Missing, France
P Named on War Memorial, Church Memorial Gardens, Marine Parade, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Bronze Statue, The Esplanade, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
P Bronze Bust, Columbine Centre, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
P Replica Bust on pedastal, Parish Church Memorial Gardens, Marine Parade, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Named on Memorial, All Saints Garrison Church, Aldershot, Hampshire
P Columbine Gardens, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
By The Way…
A statue to Herbert Columbine was unveiled in August 2014 on the seafront at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
VC Held By
Royal British Legion, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, England
