Lieutenant Colonel John Elisha Grimshaw VC - 1st Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers

GRAVE LOCATION FOR HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
IN THE COUNTY OF : CLEVELAND

Name Edward,
COOPER		 Tom,
DRESSER		 Stanley Elton,
HOLLIS		 Richard Douglas,
SANDFORD
Rank Major Private Company Sergeant-Major Lieutenant
Force 12th Bn The King's Royal Rifle Corps 7th Bn The Yorkshire Regiment 6th Bn The Green Howards
( Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own )		 Royal Navy *
VC won Langemarck, Belgium,
16 August 1917		 Roeux, France,
12 May 1917		 D-Day Landings,
6 June 1944		 Zeebrugge, Belgium,
22 - 23 April 1918
London Gaz 14 September 1917 27 June 1917 17 August 1944 23 July 1918
Born Stockton-on-Tees,
4 May 1896		 Huby, North Yorkshire,
21 July 1892		 Middlesbrough,
21 September 1912		 Exmouth, Devon,
11 May 1891
Died 19 August 1985,
Stockton-on-Tees		 9 April 1982,
Middlesbrough		 8 February 1972,
Liverton Mines		 23 November 1918,
Grangetown
Grave Teeside Crematorium, Middlesbrough Thorntree Cemetery, Middlesbrough Acklam Cemetery, Middlesbrough Eston Cemetery
Location
of VC		 Green Dragon Museum, Stockton Green Howards Museum, Richmond Green Howards Museum, Richmond Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth
Remarks None None None * HM Submarine C3

CLEVELAND

Name James Alexander,
SMITH


Rank Private


Force The Border Regiment


VC won Rouges Banc, France,
21 Decemfber 1914


London Gaz 18 February 1915


Born Workington, Cumberland,
5 January 1881


Died 21 May 1968,
Middlesbrough


Grave Acklam Crematorium, Middlesbrough


Location
of VC		 Border Regiment Museum, Carlisle


Remarks None


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