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| 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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