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VC978   Richard George Masters

Name   Richard George Masters   No.      978

VC Issue No.   979   Awards   VC    

Regiment   Royal Army Service Corps attached to the 141st Field Ambulance

Later   

Now   Royal Logistic Corps

Rank VC Won    Private

Rank End Of Career   Private

Place Of Birth   61 Everton Road, Birkdale, Southport, Lancashire, England

Place Of Death   At his home, 35 Palmerston Road, Southport, Lancashire, England

Buried/Location Ashes   St Cuthbert's Churchyard, Parish Church of North Meols, Churchtown, Southport, Lancashire, England

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   8 April 1963

Headstone   Headstone    Plot/Grave no.   

Gazetted   8 May 1918

VC Presented   

Memorials

P  Headstone, St Cuthbert's Churchyard, Parish Church of North Meols, Churchtown, Southport, Lancashire, England

P  Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Garden of Remembrance, Southport, Lancashire

By The Way…

He was a Chauffeur before the war which put him in good stead for his war service as an Ambulance Driver.

VC Held By

Royal Logistic Corps Museum, Deepcut, Camberley, Surrey, England

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BORN   23 March 1877

DIED   4 April 1963  AGE   86

VC Won   9 April 1918   AGE   41

Place VC Won   Gorre, Bethune, France

War/Campaign   First World War 1918