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Robert Morrow |
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16th August 1952 |
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Montréal, Québec, Canada |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Robert Morrow was an Irish 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.
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He was 23 years old, and a Private in the 1st Bn., The Royal Irish Fusiliers, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 12 April 1915 near Messines, Belgium, Private Merrow rescued and carried to places of comparative safety several men who had been buried in the debris of trenches wrecked by shell fire. He carried out this work on his own initiative and under heavy fire from the enemy.
He was killed in action, St. Jan, Ypres Salient, Belgium, on 26 April 1915.
Further information
The medal
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Regimental Museum The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Armagh, Ireland).
Reference
- Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)
- Monuments To Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
- VCs of the First World War - The Western Front 1915 (Peter F. Batchelor & Christopher Matson, 1999)
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