Able Seaman William Savage VC - Royal Navy ( MGB 314 )

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

Name Stephen Halden,
BEATTIE		 Herbert Augustine,
CARTER		 Henry,
COOPER		 Horace Augustus,
CURTIS
Rank Captain Major Boatswain Sergeant
Force Royal Navy * 101st Grenadiers, Indian Army
( att'd 6th Coy, Poona Mounted Infantry )		 Royal Navy 2nd Bn, Royal Dublin Fusiliers
VC won St Nazaire, France,
27 / 28 March 1942		 Jidballi, Somaliland,
19 December 1903		 Sea of Azov, Crimea,
3 June 1855		 Le Cateau, France,
18 October 1918
London Gaz 21 May 1942 9 December 1904 24 February 1857 6 January 1919
Born Leighton, Montgomery,
29 March 1908		 Exeter, Devon,
26 May 1874		 Plymouth,
1825		 St Anthony-in-Roseland,
7 March 1891
Died 24 April 1975,
Mullion		 13 January 1916,
Atwelo - Nogo, Somaliland *		 15 July 1893,
Torpoint		 1 July 1968,
Redruth
Grave St Rumon Churchyard, Ruan Minor St Erth Parish Churchyard St James Churchyard, Antony Penmount Crematorium, Truro
Location
of VC		 Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London		 Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Museum, Bodmin Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London		 Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London
Remarks * HMS Campbelltown * Herbert Carter's remains were transported to Cornwall for burial None None

CORNWALL

Name John,
DIVANE		 Harold Marcus,
ERVINE-ANDREWS		 Wilfred St Aubyn,
MALLESON		 William,
ODGERS
Rank Private Lieutenant Colonel Captain Quartermaster
Force 60th Rifles
( King's Royal Rifle Corps )		 1st Bn, East Lancashire Regiment Royal Navy * Royal Navy
VC won Delhi, Indian Mutiny,
10 September 1857 *		 Canal de Burgues, France,
31 May 1940		 V Beach, Seddul Bahr, Gallipoli,
25 April 1915		 Omata, New Zealand,
28 March 1860
London Gaz 20 January 1860 30 July 1940 16 August 1915 3 August 1860
Born Carrabane, Co Galway, Ireland,
November 1823		 Keadu, Co Cavan, Ireland,
29 July 1911		 Kirkee, India,
17 September 1896		 Falmouth,
14 February 1834
Died 1 December 1888,
Penzance		 30 March 1995,
Gorran		 21 July 1975,
St Clement		 20 December 1873,
Saltash
Grave Penzance Cemetery
( headstone erected 2012 )		 Glynn Valley Crematorium, Bodmin Penmount Crematorium, Truro St Stephen's Churchyard, Saltash
Location
of VC		 Not publicly held Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London		 Sheesh Mahal Museum, Patiala, India
Remarks * Elected by the regiment None * Gallipoli landings from SS River Clyde None

CORNWALL

Name Robert Edwin,
PHILLIPS		 William Alfred,
SAVAGE		 John,
SHEPPARD		 Joseph,
TREWAVAS
Rank Captain Able Seaman Boatswain First Class Able Seaman
Force 13th Bn, att'd 9th Bn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment Royal Navy * Royal Navy Royal Navy
VC won River Hai, Kut, Mesopotamia,
25 January 1917		 St Nazaire, France,
27 March 1942		 Sebastopol Bay, Crimea,
15 July 1855		 Sea of Azov, Crimea,
3 July 1855
London Gaz 8 June 1917 21 May 1942 24 February 1857 24 February 1857
Born West Bromwich, Staffordshire,
11 April 1895		 Smethwick, Birmingham,
30 October 1912		 Hull, East Yorkshire,
22 September 1817		 Mousehole,
14 December 1835
Died 23 September 1968,
St Veep		 28 March 1942,
St Nazaire Harbour		 17 December 1884,
Padstow		 20 July 1905,
Mousehole
Grave St Cyrus & St Julietta Churchyard, St Veep Town Cemetery, Falmouth Padstow Cemetery Old School Cemetery, Paul Village
( grave not marked, plaque in church )
Location
of VC		 Fusilier Museum Warwick
( incorporating Royal Warwickshire Regiment )		 National Maritime Museum, Greenwich National Maritime Museum, Greenwich Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Penzance
Remarks None * MGB 314 None CGM

Go to VC Home Page