Sergeant George Eardley VC MM - 4th Bn, King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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

Name Charles George,
BAKER		 Frederick,
BARTER		 Aylmer Spicer,
CAMERON		 Jack Thomas,
COUNTER
Rank Lieutenant Captain Colonel Private
Force 1st Bengal Military Police Bn. 1st Bn, Royal Welch Fusiliers 72nd Highlanders
( Seaforth Highlanders )		 1st Bn, King's ( Liverpool ) Regiment
VC won Suhednee, Indian Mutiny,
27 September 1858		 Festubert, France,
16 May 1915		 Kotah, Indian Mutiny,
30 March 1858		 Boiseux St Marc, France,
16 April 1918
London Gaz 25 February 1862 26 June 1915 11 November 1859 22 May 1918
Born Neocolly, Bengal, India,
8 December 1830		 Cardiff,
17 January 1891		 Hampshire,
12 August 1833		 Blandford Forum,
3 November 1898
Died 19 February 1906,
Southbourne		 15 May 1953,
Poole		 10 June 1909,
Alverstoke, Hampshire		 16 September 1970,
Blandford Forum
Grave Christchurch Cemetery Bournemouth Crematorium St Mark's Churchyard, Highcliffe Bournemouth Crematorium
( St Saviour's Churchyard, St Helier, Jersey )( Headstone )
Location
of VC		 Not publicly held Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum, Caernarvon Highlanders Museum, Fort George Jersey Museum, St Helier
Remarks None MC None None

DORSET

Name Sir Victor Alexander Charles,
CRUTCHLEY		 Joseph John,
DAVIES		 Sir Reginald Clare,
HART		 Henry James ( James Huntley ),
KNIGHT
Rank Admiral Staff-Sergeant General Captain
Force Royal Navy * 10th Bn, Royal Welch Fusiliers Corps of Bengal Sappers & Miners King's ( Liverpool ) Regiment
VC won Ostend, Belgium,
22 April & 9-10 May 1918		 Delville Wood, France,
20 July 1916		 Bazar Valley, Afghan War,
31 January 1879		 Van Wyk's Vlei, 2nd Boer War,
21 August 1900
London Gaz 28 August 1918 26 September 1916 10 June 1879 4 January 1901
Born London,
2 November 1893		 Tipton, Staffordshire,
28 April 1889		 Scarriff, Co Clare, Ireland,
11 June 1848		 Yeovil, Somerset,
5 November 1878
Died 24 January 1986,
Nettlecombe		 16 February 1976,
Bournemouth		 Bournemouth,
10 October 1931		 24 November 1955,
Winterborne Anderson
Grave St Mary's Churchyard, Powerstock Bournemouth Crematorium St Mary's Churchyard, Netherbury Bournemouth Crematorium
( headstone Milbourne St Andrew Churchyard )
Location
of VC		 Not publicly held Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum, Caernarvon Lord Ashcroft VC Collection King's Regiment Museum, Liverpool
Remarks * HMS Vindictive. KGB DSC None GCB KCVO None

DORSET

Name William Job,
MAILLARD		 Jack Foreman,
MANTLE		 Arthur,
MAYO		 Frederick,
MCNESS
Rank Staff Surgeon Acting Leading Seaman Midshipman Sergeant
Force Royal Navy Royal Navy * Indian Navy, Naval Brigade ( Indian ) 1st Bn, Scots Guards
VC won Candia, Crete,
6 September 1898		 Portland Harbour,
4 July 1940		 Dacca, Indian Mutiny,
22 November 1857		 Ginchy, France,
15 September 1916
London Gaz 2 December 1898 3 September 1940 25 February 1862 26 October 1916
Born Banwell, Somerset,
10 March 1863		 Wandsworth, SE London,
12 April 1917		 Oxford,
18 May 1840		 Bramley, Yorkshire,
22 January 1892
Died 10 September 1903,
Bournemouth		 4 July 1940,
Portland Harbour		 18 May 1920,
Boscombe		 4 May 1958,
Boscombe
Grave Wimborne Road Cemetery, Bournemouth Portland Naval Cemetery East Cemetery, Boscombe, Bournemouth Bournemouth Crematorum
Location
of VC		 Lord Ashcroft VC Collection Royal Naval Museum, Portsmouth Chhatrapati Shiva Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai ( Bombay ) Scots Guards RHQ, Wellington Barracks, London
Remarks None * HMS Foylebank None None

DORSET

Name Edward Noel,
MELLISH		 Ernest Herbert,
PITCHER		 Alfred Oliver,
POLLARD		 Thomas,
PRIDE
Rank Captain The Rev T/Chaplain Chief Petty Officer Second Lieutenant Captain of the Afterguard
Force Army Chaplain's Dept.
( Royal Chaplain's Dept )		 Royal Navy * 1st Bn, Honourable Artillery Company Royal Navy
VC won St Eloi, Belgium,
27 - 29 March 1916		 Bay of Biscay,
8 August 1917		 Gavrelle, France,
29 April 1917		 Shimonoski, Japan,
6 September 1864
London Gaz 20 April 1916 2 November 1917 8 June 1917 21 April 1865
Born Barnet, Hertfordshire,
24 December 1880		 Mullion, Cornwall,
31 December 1888		 Wallington, Surrey,
4 May 1893		 Oldbridge,
29 March 1835
Died 8 July 1962,
South Petherton, Somerset		 10 February 1946,
Sherborne		 4 December 1960,
Bournemouth		 16 July 1893,
Parkstone
Grave Weymouth Crematorium Northbrook Cemetery, Swanage Bournemouth Crematorium All Saint's Churchyard, Banksome Park
Location
of VC		 Royal Fusiliers Museum, Tower of London Lord Ashcroft VC Collection Honourable Artillery Company, London National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
Remarks MC * HMS Dunraven ( 'Q' ship )
DSM		 MC & Bar DCM None

DORSET

Name William Bernard,
RHODES-MOORHOUSE		 James,
WELCH

Rank Lieutenant
(w.e.f. 24 April 1915 notified posthumously)		 Sergeant

Force 2 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps 1st Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment

VC won Over Courtrai, France,
26 April 1915		 Oppy, France,
29 April 1917

London Gaz 22 May 1915 27 June 1917

Born London,
26 September 1887		 Stratfield Saye,
7 July 1889

Died 27 April 1915,
Merville Casualty Clearing Station, France		 28 June 1978,
Bournemouth

Grave Parnham House North Cemetery, Bournemouth

Location
of VC		 Lord Ashcroft VC Collection Glocs, Berks & Wilts Regiment Museum, Salisbury

Remarks None None

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