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Name: Harry Nicholls  
   
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Date of Birth: 1st March 1852
   
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
   
Profession: Writer
 
 
From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia

Harry Nicholls was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

He was 22 years old, and a Lance-Corporal in the 3rd Bn., Grenadier Guards, British Army during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 21 May 1940 near the River Escaut, Belgium, Lance-Corporal Nicholls, although suffering from shrapnel wounds in his arm, continued to lead his section in a counter-attack against overwhelming opposition. He advanced over a ridge and when the position became critical, he rushed forward, putting three enemy machine-guns out of action. He then attacked massed enemy infantry beyond a second ridge until his ammunition ran out and he was taken prisoner.

Presented with VC ribbon by Germans when POW in Poland.

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the The Guards Regimental Headquarters (Grenadier Guards RHQ) (London, England).

Reference

  • British VCs of World War 2 (John Laffin, 1997)
  • Guards VC: Blitzkrieg 1940 (Dilip Sarkar, 1999)
  • Monuments To Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
  • The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)

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