Company Sergeant Major John Osborn VC - 1st Bn, Winnipeg Grenadiers, Canadian Expeditionary Force


KNOWN GRAVES OF HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
IN: THE FAR EAST

CHINA - HONG KONG - JAPAN

Name Edward,
BAMFORD
John Robert,
OSBORN
Rayene Stewart,
SIMPSON
Robert Hampden,
GRAY
Rank Major Company Sergeant Major Warrant Officer II Lieutenant
Force Royal Marine Light Infantry * 1st Bn Winnipeg Grenadiers Australian Army Training Team, Vietnam Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve,
att'd 1841 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm
VC won Zeebrugge, Belgium,
22 - 23 April 1918
Hong Kong,
19 December 1941
Ben Het, Vietnam,
6 May 1969
Onagawa Wan, Japan,
9 August 1945
London Gaz 23 July 1918 2 April 1946 29 August 1969 13 November 1945
Born Highgate, North London, England
28 May 1887
Foulden, Norfolk, England
2 January 1899
Chippenden, New South Wales, Australia,
26 February 1926
Trail, British Columbia, Canada
2 November 1917
Died 30 September 1928,
On board HMS Cumberland
19 December 1941,
Hong Kong
18 October 1978,
Tokyo, Japan
9 August 1945,
Shot down over Onagawa Bay, Japan
Grave Hungjao Cemetery, Shanghai, China
( cemetery no longer exists )
No known grave
Name on Sai Wan Bay Memorial, Hong Kong
Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan
( cremation )
Memorial: Sakiyama Peace Park, overlooking Onagawa Bay
Location
of VC
Royal Marines Museum, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Canadian War Museum, Ottawa Australian War Memorial, Canberra Not puiblicly held
Remarks * Raid on Zeebrugge ( elected by ballot ) None DCM DSC

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