Frederick George Dancox

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox military person Private Frederick George Dancox Template:Post-nominals (1878<ref name="Remember">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref> – 30 November 1917) was a British 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.

Military career

Dancox was about 38 years old, and a private in the 4th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment,<ref name="WorcReg">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and was awarded the Victoria Cross for his deeds on 9 October 1917 at the Boesinghe sector, Belgium.

Citation

Dancox was killed in action near Masnieres, France, on 30 November 1917 and is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial to the Missing.<ref name=cwgc>Dancox, Frederick George, Commonwealth War Graves Commission</ref> His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Worcestershire Regiment Museum in the Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum, Worcester.

References

• Worcestershire Council
• Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
• The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
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