GRAVE LOCATION FOR HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
IN THE COUNTY OF :
SOMERSET
Name | Arthur Hugh Henry, BATTEN-POOLL |
John Rouse Merriott, CHARD |
John, CRIMMIN |
Campbell Mellis, DOUGLAS |
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Rank | Captain | Colonel | Colonel | Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel |
Force | 3rd Bn The Royal Munster Fusiliers | Corps of Royal Engineers | Bombay Medical Service, Indian Army | 24th Regiment ( South Wales Borderers ) |
VC won | Colonne, France, 25 June 1916 |
Rorke's Drift, Natal, 22-23 January 1879 |
Lwekaw, Burma, 1 January 1889 |
Little Andaman Island, 7 May 1867 |
London Gaz | 5 August 1916 | 2 May 1979 | 17 September 1889 | 17 December 1867 |
Born | Knightsbridge, SW London, 25 October 1891 |
Plymouth, Devon, 21 December 1847 |
Dublin, 19 March 1859 |
Quebec City, Canada, 5 August 1840 |
Died | 21 January 1971, Ivybridge, Devon |
1 November 1897, Hatch Beauchamp |
20 February 1945, Wells |
31 December 1909, Wells |
Grave | St Lawrence's Churchyard, Woolverton | St John the Baptist Churchyard, Hatch Beauchamp | Wells Cemetery | Wells Cemetery |
Location of VC |
National Army Museum, Chelsea | Not publicly held | Not publicly held | Canadian War Museum, Ottawa |
Remarks | MC | None | CB CIE VD | For saving life at sea |
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TABLE-2 : SOMERSET
Name
Frederick Cockayne,
ELTONWilfred Dolby,
FULLERBasil Charles Godfrey,
PLACERank
Lieutenant-colonel
Corporal
Rear-Admiral
Force
55th Regiment
( Border Regiment )1st Bn Grenadier Guards
Royal Navy *
VC won
Sebastopol, Crimea,
29 March 1855Neuve Chapelle, France,
12 March 1915Kaafiord, Norway,
22 September 1943London Gaz
24 February 1857
19 April 1915
22 February 1944
Born
Whitestaunton,
23 April 1832Greasley, Nottinghamshire,
28 July 1893Little Malvern, Worcestershire,
19 July 1921Died
24 March 1888,
London22 November 1947,
Frome27 December 1994,
Holborn, C LondonGrave
St Andrew's Churchyard, Whitestaunton
Christchurch Churchyard, Frome
Corton Denham Cemetery
Location
of VCBorder Regiment Museum, Carlisle
Grenadier Guards RHQ, Wellington Barracks, London
Imperial War Museum, London
Remarks
None
None
CB CVO DSC
* Midget submarine XE.7
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