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VC990   Sir Victor Alexander Charles Crutchley

Name    Sir Victor Alexander Charles Crutchley  No.      

VC Issue No.   990   Awards   VC    KCB   DSC

Regiment   Royal Navy

Later   

Now   

Rank VC Won    Lieutenant

Rank End Of Career   Admiral

Place Of Birth   London, England

Place Of Death   Mappercombe, Nettleton, Bridport, Dorset, England

Buried/Location Ashes   Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Powerstock, Dorset, England

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone    Plot/Grave no.   

Gazetted   28 August 1918

VC Presented   11 September 1918, King George V, Buckingham Palace, London, England

Memorials

P  Wooden Cross, Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Powerstock, Dorset, England

P  Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Royal Naval & Royal Albert Yacht Club, Portsmouth, Hampshire

By The Way…

He became Deputy Lieutenant and High Sheriff of Dorset in 1957

VC Held By

Royal Naval Museum, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England (On loan)

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BORN     2 November 1893  

DIED   24 January 1966  AGE   92

VC Won   22 April 1918 and 9-10 May   AGE   24

Place VC Won    Ostend, Belgium

War/Campaign   First World War 1918