Post by anthony on Feb 18, 2019 14:22:41 GMT
ATKINSON, Alfred, 1900, Battle of Paardeberg, South Africa (A letter from his mother led to the partial reversal of the policy against posthumous VCs in 1902 and the full reversal in 1907)
PARSONS, Francis Newton, 1900, Battle of Paardeberg, South Africa (second VC recipient to have ‘since deceased’ after his name in the gazette.) (The first was the award to Freddy Roberts who died of wounds three months earlier.)
PARSONS, Francis Newton, 1900, Battle of Paardeberg, South Africa (second VC recipient to have ‘since deceased’ after his name in the gazette.) (The first was the award to Freddy Roberts who died of wounds three months earlier.)