Rear Admiral Claude Congreve Dobson VC, DSO - Royal Navy

NAMES OF VC HOLDERS ON MEMORIALS IN FRANCE

Dunkirk Memorial Le Touret Memorial Loos Memorial Neuve-Chapelle Memorial

DUNKIRK MEMORIAL, FRANCE

Name Christopher ( The Hon ),
FURNESS


Rank Lieutenant


Force 1st Bn, Welsh Guards


VC won Near Arras, France,
17 - 24 May 1940


London Gaz 7 February 1946


Born London,
17 May 1912


Died 24 May 1940,
Near Arras, France


Grave No known grave
Name on the Dunkirk Memorial


Location
of VC		 Welsh Guards RHQ, Wellington Barracks, London


Remarks None


LE TOURET MEMORIAL, FRANCE

Name Abraham,
ACTON		 William,
ANDERSON		 Edward,
BARBER		 Jacob,
RIVERS
Rank Private Corporal Private Private
Force Border Regiment Yorkshire Regiment 1st Bn, Grenadier Guards Sherwood Foresters
VC won Rouges Bancs, France,
21 December 1914		 Neuve Chapelle, France,
12 March 1915		 Neuve Chapelle, France,
12 March 1915		 Neuve Chapelle, France,
12 March 1915
London Gaz 18 February 1915 22 May 1915 19 April 1915 28 April 1915
Born Whitehaven, Cumbria,
17 December 1892		 Dallas, Morayshire,
November 1884		 Tring, Hertfordshire,
10 June 1893		 Derby, Derbyshire,
17 November 1881
Died 16 May 1915,
Festubert, France		 13 March 1915,
Neuve Chapelle, France		 12 March 1915,
Neuve Chapelle, France		 12 March 1915,
Neuve Chapelle, France
Grave No known grave
Name on the Le Touret Memorial		 No known grave
Name on the Le Touret Memorial		 No known grave
Name on the Le Touret Memorial		 No known grave
Name on the Le Touret Memorial
Location
of VC		 The Beacon Museum, Whitehaven, Cumbria Green Howards Museum, Richmond Grenadier Guards RHQ, Wellington Barracks, London Shewood Foresters Museum, Nottingham
Remarks None None None None

LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE

Name Angus Falconer,
DOUGLAS-HAMILTON		 George Stanley,
PEACHMENT		 Frank Bernard,
WEARNE
Rank Lieutenant Colonel Private 2nd Lieutenant
Force 6th Bn, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 2nd Bn, King's Royal Rifle Corps 3rd Bn, Essex Regiment
VC won Hill 70, Loos, France,
25 - 26 September 1915		 Loos, France,
25 September 1915		 East of Loos, France,
28 June 1917
London Gaz 18 November 1915 18 November 1915 2 August 1917
Born Brighton, East Sussex,
20 August 1863		 Bury, Lancashire,
5 May 1897		 Kensington, London,
1 March 1894
Died 26 September 1915,
Loos, France		 25 September 1915,
Loos, France		 28 June 1917,
East of Loos, France
Grave No known grave
Name on the Loos Memorial		 No known grave
Name on the Loos Memorial		 No known grave
Name on the Loos Memorial
Location
of VC		 The Highlanders Museum, Fort George Lord Ashcroft VC Collection Lord Ashcroft VC Collection
Remarks None None None

NEUVE-CHAPELLE MEMORIAL, FRANCE

Name William Arthur,
MCCRAE BRUCE		 GOBAR SING NEGI

Rank Lieutenant Rifleman

Force 59th Scinde Rifles ( Frontier Force ) 2nd Bn, 39th Garhwal Rifles

VC won Givenchy, France,
19 December 1914		 Neuve Chapelle, France,
10 March 1915

London Gaz 4 September 1919 28 April 1915

Born Edinburgh,
15 June 1890		 Manjaur, United Provinces, India,
7 October 1893

Died 19 December 1914,
Givenchy, France		 10 March 1915,
Neuve Chapelle, France

Grave No known grave
Name on the Neuve Chapelle Memorial		 No known grave
Name on the Neuve Chapelle Memorial

Location
of VC		 Victoria College, Jersey Not publicly held

Remarks None None

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