Captain Samuel Frickleton VC - 3rd Bn, New Zealand ( Rifle ) Brigade, 1st NZEF

NAME OF VICTORIA CROSS RECIPIENTS ON MEMORIALS
IN: BELGIUM

Menin Gate Memorial ( Ypres ) Ploegsteert Memorial Tyne Cot Memorial ( Passchendaele ) Zeebrugge Memorial

MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, YPRES

Name Frederick,
FISHER		 Charles,
FITZCLARENCE		 Frederick William,
HALL		 Denis George Wyldbore,
HEWITT
Rank Lance Corporal Brigadier General Company Sergeant Major Second Lieutenant
Force 13th Bn Quebec Regiment, CEF Royal Fusiliers 8th Bn Manitoba Regiment, CEF 14th Bn Hampshire Regiment
VC won St Julien, Belgium,
23 April 1915		 2nd Boer War,
14 October 1899		 Poelcappelle, Belgium,
24 April 1915		 St Julien, Belgium,
31 July 1917
London Gaz 23 June 1915 6 July 1900 23 June 1915 14 September 1917
Born St Catherine's, Ontario, Canada,
3 August 1894		 Bishopscourt, Co Kildare, Ireland,
8 May 1865		 Kilkenny, Co Kilkenny, Ireland,
21 February 1885		 Mayfair, London,
18 December 1897
Died 23 April 1915,
St Julien, Belgium		 12 November 1914,
Polygon Wood, Belgium		 24 April 1915,
Poelcappelle, Belgium		 31 July 1917,
St Julien, Belgium
Grave No known grave
Name on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres		 No known grave
Name on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres		 No known grave
Name on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres		 No known grave
Name on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres
Location
of VC		 Canadian Black Watch Museum, Montreal Lord Ashcroft VC Collection Not publicly held Not publicly held
Remarks None None None None

MENIN GATE MEMORIAL ( YPRES )

Name Hugh McDonald,
MCKENZIE		 John Franks,
VALLENTIN		 Edward,
WARNER		 Sidney Clayton,
WOODROFFE
Rank Lieutenant Captain Private 2nd Lieutenant
Force 7th Coy Canadian Machine Gun Corps, CEF 1st Bn, South Staffordshire Regiment 1st Bn Bedfordshire Regiment 8th Bn Rifle Brigade
VC won Meescheele Spur, Belgium,
30 October 1917		 Zillebeke, Belgium,
7 November 1914		 Hill 60, Zwarteleen, Belgium,
1 May 1915		 Hooge, Belgium,
30 July 1915
London Gaz 13 February 1918 18 February 1915 29 June 1915 6 September 1915
Born Liverpool,
5 December 1885		 Lambeth, London,
14 May 1882		 St Albans, Hertfordshire,
18 November 1883		 Lewes, East Sussex,
17 December 1895
Died 30 October 1917,
Meescheele Spur, Belgium		 7 November 1914,
Zillebeke, Belgium		 2 May 1915,
Zwarteleen, Belgium		 30 July 1915,
Hooge, Belgium
Grave No known grave
Name on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres		 No known grave
Name on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres		 No known grave
Name on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres		 No known grave
Name on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres
Location
of VC		 Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Museum, Calgary Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment Museum, Luton Lord Ashcroft VC Collection
Remarks DCM None None none

PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL

Name William,
HACKETT		 James,
MACKENZIE		 Thomas Tannatt,
PRYCE
Rank Sapper Private Captain
Force 254th Tunnelling Company
Corps of Royal Engineers		 2nd Bn Scots Guards 4th Bn Grenadier Guards
VC won Near Givenchy, Belgium,
22 - 23 June 1916		 Rouges Blanc, Belgium,
19 December 1914		 Vieux Berquin, Belgium,
11 April 1918
London Gaz 5 August 1916 18 February 1915 22 May 1918
Born Nottingham,
11 June 1873		 New Abbey, Kircudbrightshire,
2 April 1884		 The Hague,
17 January 1886
Died 27 June 1916,
Near Givenchy, France		 19 December 1914,
Rouges Blanc, France		 13 April 1918,
Vieux Berquin, France
Grave No known grave
Name on the Ploegsteert Memorial		 No known grave
Name on the Ploegsteert Memorial		 No known grave
Name on the Ploegsteert Memorial
Location
of VC		 Royal Engineers Museum, Gillingham Scots Guards RHQ, Wellington Barracks, London Grenadier Guards RHQ, Wellington Barracks, London
Remarks None None MC & Bar

TYNE COT MEMORIAL ( PASSCHENDAELE )

Name Philip Eric,
BENT		 William,
CLAMP		 Ernest,
SEAMAN
Rank Lieutenant Colonel Corporal Corporal
Force Comd 9th Bn Leicestershire Regiment 6th Bn Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Bn Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
( previously Army Service Corps )
VC won Polygon Wood, Belgium,
1 October 1917		 Poelcapelle, Belgium,
9 October 1917		 Terhand, Belgium,
29 September 1918
London Gaz 11 January 1918 18 December 1917 15 November 1918
Born Halifax, Nova Scotia,
3 January 1891		 Motherwell, Lanarkshire,
28 October 1891		 Norwich, Norfolk,
16 August 1893
Died 1 October 1917,
Polygon Wood, Belgium		 9 October 1917,
Poelcapelle, Belgium		 29 September 1918,
Terhand, Belgium
Grave No known grave
Name on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Passchendaele		 No known grave
Name on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Passchendaele		 No known grave
Name on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Passchendaele
Location
of VC		 Royal Leicestershire Regiment Museum, Leicester Green Howards Museum, Richmond HQ RLC Officers' Mess, Camberley
Remarks None None none

ZEEBRUGGE MEMORIAL

Name Arthur Leyland,
HARRISON


Rank Lieutenant Commander


Force Royal Navy


VC won Zeebrugge, Belgium,
22 - 23 April 1918


London Gaz 17 March 1919


Born Torquay, Devon,
3 February 1886


Died 23 April 1918,
Zeebrugge, Belgium


Grave No known Grave
Name on the Zeebrugge Memorial


Location
of VC		 Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth


Remarks None


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