Samuel Harvey
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Samuel Harvey VC (17 September 1881 – 22 September 1960)[1] 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.
Details
He was 34 years old and a
On 29 September 1915 in the "Big Willie" Trench near the Hohenzollern Redoubt, France, during a heavy bombing (hand grenade) attack, more bombs were urgently required and private Harvey volunteered to fetch them. The communication trench was blocked with wounded and reinforcements and he went backwards and forwards across open ground under intense fire and succeeded in bringing up 30 boxes before he was wounded in the head. It was largely owing to his cool bravery in supplying the bombs that the enemy was eventually driven back.[2]
Harvey received the French
Samuel Harvey was buried in Old Ipswich Cemetery on 26 September 1960 in Grave – X-21-3 (Section, Division, Grave no). In March 2014 he was honoured by the planting of a tree near his grave and another tree at Sprites Primary School in Ipswich.[3]
Notes
- ^ Samuel Harvey at Find-a-Grave
- ^ "No. 29371". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 November 1915. p. 11449.
- ^ a b 'Tree plantings honours Sam VC', The Angle, Ipswich Borough Council, March 2014. Page 9.
References
- Profilee
- Monuments to Courage(David Harvey, 1999)
- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
- Batchelor, Peter; Matson, Christopher (2011). The Western Front 1915. ISBN 978-0-7524-6057-4.
External links
- Location of grave and VC medal (Suffolk)