andalucia Posted 16 November , 2011 Share Posted 16 November , 2011 Hi all I am trying to find the VC winners with a connection to the Merseyside area. Born or lived here. So far I have ERNEST WRIGHT ALEXANDER NOEL CHAVASSE GABRIEL GEORGE COURY ARTHUR EVANS CYRIL EDWARD GOURLEY DAVID JONES ALEXANDER MALINS LAFONE FRANK LESTER HUGH McDONALD McKENZIE JOHN O'NEILL WILLIAM RATCLIFFE RONALD NIEL STUART ALBERT WHITE Anyone know of any others. cheers Ant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandgrounder Posted 16 November , 2011 Share Posted 16 November , 2011 May I suggest George Masters from Southport. He was 41 years old, and a Private in the RASC, attd. to 141st Field Ambulance during the First World War. The TAVR Centre 30 Pelham Drive, Bootle, Liverpool is named after him. He won his VC on 9 April 1918 near Bethune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andalucia Posted 16 November , 2011 Author Share Posted 16 November , 2011 Thank you Sandgrounder. Ant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izzy Posted 16 November , 2011 Share Posted 16 November , 2011 Buried in Allerton cemetery there is a Boer war V.C with the surname Nurse. He served in the R.A and won his V.C at Colenso he died in 1947. Also buried in Allerton is William Ratcliffe. Nearer to Allerton is the village of Woolton where E.R Alexander lived in a house called The Heyes. The is a Road called The Heyes which is situated near where the house once stood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyH Posted 16 November , 2011 Share Posted 16 November , 2011 John Thomas Davies (South Lancs Regiment) of 19 Railway Terrace, Tranmere, Birkenhead - died 28/10/1955 - buried in St Helens Borough Cemetery. The nearest WW1 VC winner to me I think, about 3 miles. Regards, BillyH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyH Posted 16 November , 2011 Share Posted 16 November , 2011 Back with 4 more! John Molyneux - born St Helens - died 25/3/1972 Thomas Mottershead - born Widnes - died 12/1/1917 Thomas Neely - born Seacombe, Wirral - died 1/10/1918 Arthur Herbert Procter - born Bootle - died 26/1/1973 Regards BillyH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andalucia Posted 16 November , 2011 Author Share Posted 16 November , 2011 Thanks guys, great info this. Ant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 16 November , 2011 Share Posted 16 November , 2011 The above Thomas Neely lived at 13 Tabor Street, Seacombe, the house my grandmother grew up in years later. Not a great claim to fame i'll grant you, but I was impressed when I spotted it. By the way, is it ww1 only? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andalucia Posted 16 November , 2011 Author Share Posted 16 November , 2011 Thanks IP Im looking for WW1 and WW2. I have read a few of the earlier winners. Ant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 16 November , 2011 Share Posted 16 November , 2011 Burton on the Wirral is technically Cheshire, not Merseyside. Shame. The Congreve family used this church and there are a number of monuments. They were related to William Congreve the Restoration playwright. Captain Walter Norris Congreve (1862-1927) of the Rifle Brigade won the Victoria Cross for action at Colenso, South Africa 1899 and went on to become General Sir Walter Congreve, a corp commander in the Great War. His son was William La Touche Congreve VC, DSO, MC, who was awarded the VC posthumously in July 1916. They are one of only three father and son pairs to win the VC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 16 November , 2011 Share Posted 16 November , 2011 On the Wirral, our most famous VC winner is Lt Commander Ian Edward Fraser, VC, DSC, RD and Bar, JP. He only died in 2008. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Edward_Fraser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Nulty Posted 16 November , 2011 Share Posted 16 November , 2011 There's a bit on my website about A H Proctor clickety-click Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 16 November , 2011 Share Posted 16 November , 2011 Just remembered the legendary Todger Jones, of Runcorn (Cheshire again, but he is described as a local Merseyside VC in the Liverpool Courier of the time) http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/haltonrbl/haltonrbl/todger_jones.htm Here's our GWF thread about him; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Banning Posted 16 November , 2011 Share Posted 16 November , 2011 I took a relative of John Thomas Davies VC, 11th South Lancs on a private battlefield trip in the summer. We walked in his footsteps on the Somme and at Eppeville for his VC action. A detailed write up of the trip with some photos can be found on my website: http://jeremybanning.co.uk/2011/09/02/bespoke-battlefield-tour-walking-in-the-footsteps-of-corporal-jt-davies-vc-11th-south-lancashire-regiment/ I am also working on a big report on Jack Davies' life for this client. There is a very good folder in the IWM Dept of Docs on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aglastonbury Posted 16 November , 2011 Share Posted 16 November , 2011 You might want to consider Arthur Herbert Lindsay Richardson Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Nulty Posted 17 November , 2011 Share Posted 17 November , 2011 As he served with the 11th SLR, J T Davies will be included in the St Helens Pals project being run by Dave Risley and referred to elsewhere on the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggers Posted 17 November , 2011 Share Posted 17 November , 2011 Ant I have emailed you a copy of my home-made index to the names in the four volumes of 'Liverpool Heroes', which is useful as a quick reference. If anyone else wants a copy of the index, send me a pm with your email address. It lists surname, initials if more than one of the same surname, volume number and year of the deed. Daggers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izzy Posted 17 November , 2011 Share Posted 17 November , 2011 If your counting Runcorn casualties well nearer to home in Widnes there is a memorial stone for Wilkinson V.C a W W 2 casualty he is also commemorated on the family grave in Widnes Cemetery and the Naval Memorial at the Pier Head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggers Posted 17 November , 2011 Share Posted 17 November , 2011 IPT The Congreve family: if you want a thin link to Liverpool for the family I can offer you Lieut. F.L. Congreve R.A. who was the brother of one winner of the Victoria Cross and uncle of another, but not himself a VC. He was the pre-war adjutant to a Gunner TF Brigade in Liverpool who did not do too badly, winning a DSO and MC and reaching Lieut-Colonel. He lived in Aigburth while serving here. D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andalucia Posted 17 November , 2011 Author Share Posted 17 November , 2011 Thank you all, its much appreciated. Some great info here. Once again this forum comes up trumps. Daggers thanks for the email, very good of you to send that. Ant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Riley Posted 17 November , 2011 Share Posted 17 November , 2011 Thanks IP Im looking for WW1 and WW2. I have read a few of the earlier winners. Ant I presume that this rules out Donald Farmer, Instructor with the Liverpool Scottish before WW1 and adjutant of 2/10 KLR in WW1, who won his VC with the Cameron Highlanders in the Boar War. Buried (or at least ashes scattered) at Anfield Cemetery, I think. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveR Posted 18 November , 2011 Share Posted 18 November , 2011 The St. Helens Pals project is being researched by David Risley and Richard Waring. See: http://www.sthelenspals.org.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andalucia Posted 30 November , 2011 Author Share Posted 30 November , 2011 http://liverpoolremembrance.weebly.com/local-vc-winners.html Added to website. Local Victoria Cross winners. Enjoy and remember these brave guys. If anyone can help with pics of headstones.plaques to these men then it would be great. Any info to add or spot any mistakes just contact me. And thank you all once again for the help. Cheers Ant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggers Posted 1 December , 2011 Share Posted 1 December , 2011 Photos of headstones to Nurse and Ratcliffe will be on the way via email. D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Nulty Posted 1 December , 2011 Share Posted 1 December , 2011 http://liverpoolremembrance.weebly.com/local-vc-winners.html Site looks good, Ant, well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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