Albert Edward Curtis
Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:More footnotes Template:Infobox military person Albert Edward Curtis VC (6 January 1866 – 18 March 1940) 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.
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Curtis was 34 years old, and a private in the 2nd Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment,<ref name="Queens Royal Surrey">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> British Army during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place at Onderbank Spruit for which he was awarded the VC: Template:Quote
Further information
He later achieved the rank of sergeant and served as a Yeoman Warder. He died on 18 March 1940. His medal is in the Lord Ashcroft collection<ref name="Ashcroft">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Curtis is interred at Bells Hill Burial Ground, Chipping Barnet.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
References
- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
- Victoria Crosses of the Anglo-Boer War (Ian Uys, 2000)