George Jarratt
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox military person Corporal George Jarratt VC (20 July 1891 − 3 May 1917) was a British Army soldier and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC) the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
World War I
Jarratt was awarded the VC for a deed which took place when he was 25 years old on 3 May 1917 near Pelves, France. He was a corporal in the 8th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers,<ref name="RFus">Template:Cite journal</ref> British Army during the First World War.
Citation
Jarratt's wife Gertrude and their daughter Joyce received his medal from the King on 21 July 1917.<ref>Gertrude Jarratt, Victoria Cross Widow</ref> His VC is displayed at the Royal Fusiliers Museum in the Tower of London.
References
- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
External links
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- 1891 births
- 1917 deaths
- Royal Fusiliers soldiers
- British World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- British Army personnel of World War I
- People from Kennington
- British World War I prisoners of war
- British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross
- Military personnel from the London Borough of Lambeth