Private James Towers VC - 2nd Bn, Cameronians ( Scottish Rifles )

NAMES OF VC HOLDERS ON MEMORIALS IN FRANCE

Pozieres Memorial Villers-Bretonneux Memorial ( Somme ) Vimy Memorial Vis-en-Artois Memorial

POZIERES MEMORIAL, FRANCE

Name Herbert George,
COLUMBINE		 Edmund,
DE WIND		 Wilfrith,
ELSTOB
Rank Private 2nd Lieutenant Lieutenant Colonel
Force 9th Squadron, Machine Gun Corps 15th Bn, Royal Irish Rifles Comd 16th Bn, Manchester Regiment
VC won Hervilly Wood, France,
22 March 1918		 Groagie, France,
21 March 1918		 St Quentin, France,
21 March 1918
London Gaz 28 June 1918 15 May 1919 9 June 1919
Born Penge, London,
28 November 1893		 Comber, Co Down,
11 December 1883		 Chichester, Sussex,
8 September 1888
Died 22 March 1918,
Hervilly Wood, France		 21 March 1918,
Groagie, France		 21 March 1918,
St Quentin, France
Grave No known grave
Name on the Pozieres Memorial		 No known grave
Name on the Pozieres Memorial		 No known grave
Name on the Pozieres Memorial
Location
of VC		 Royal British Legion, Walton on Naze, Essex Not publicly held Manchester Regiment Museum, Ashton under Lyne
Remarks None None None

VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE

Name Thomas,
COOKE


Rank Private


Force 8th Bn ( Victoria ) Australian Imperial Force


VC won Pozieres, Somme, France,
24 - 25 July 1916


London Gaz 9 September 1916


Born Kaikoura, Marlborough, New Zealand,
5 July 1881


Died 25 July 1916,
Pozieres, France


Grave No known grave
Name on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial


Location
of VC		 National Army Museum, Waiouru, New Zealand


Remarks None


VIMY MEMORIAL, FRANCE

Name Robert, Grierson,
COMBE		 Frederick,
HOBSON		 William Johnstone,
MILNE		 Robert,
SPALL
Rank Lieutenant Sergeant Private Sergeant
Force 27th Bn, Manitoba Regiment 20th Bn, 1st Central Ontario Regiment 16th Bn, Canadian Scottish Regiment Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
VC won Acheville, France,
3 May 1917		 Lens, France,
15 August 1917		 Thelus, France,
9 April 1917		 Parvillers, France,
12 - 13 August 1918
London Gaz 27 June 1917 17 October 1917 8 June 1917 26 October 1918
Born Aberdeen,
5 August 1880		 London,
23 September 1873		 Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire,
21 December 1891		 Brentford, Middlesex,
5 March 1890
Died 3 May 1917,
Acheville, France		 15 August 1917,
Lens, France		 9 April 1917,
Thelus, France		 13 August 1918,
Parvillers, France
Grave No known grave
Name on the Vimy Memorial		 No known grave
Name on the Vimy Memorial		 No known grave
Name on the Vimy Memorial		 No known grave
Name on the Vimy Memorial
Location
of VC		 Provincial Archives, Regina, Saskatchewan Canadian War Museum, Ottawa Canadian War Museum, Ottawa Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Museum, Calgary
Remarks None None None None

VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, FRANCE

Name Allan Leonard,
LEWIS		 George,
PROWSE		 Frederick Charles,
RIGGS
Rank Lance Corporal Chief Petty Officer Sergeant
Force 6th Bn, Northamptonshire Regiment RNVR, Drake Bn, Royal Naval Division 6th Bn, York & Lancaster Regiment
VC won Rossnoy, France,
18 September 1918		 Pronville, France,
2 September 1918		 Epinoy, France,
1 October 1918
London Gaz 31 January 1919 30 October 1918 6 January 1919
Born Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire,
28 February 1895		 Paulton, Avon,
29 July 1886		 Bournemouth, Dorset,
28 July 1888
Died 21 September 1918,
Rossnoy, France		 2 September 1918,
Pronville, France		 1 October 1918,
Epinoy, France
Grave No known grave
Name on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial		 No known grave
Name on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial		 No known grave
Name on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial
Location
of VC		 Not publicly held Lord Ashcroft VC Collection York & Lancaster Regiment Museum, Rotherham
Remarks None None None

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