George Nurse (VC)
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George Edward Nurse VC (14 April 1873 – 25 November 1945) was born in Enniskillen,<ref name="ABW">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> County Fermanagh, Ireland. He was educated in Guernsey in the Channel Islands where both his parents had been born. He was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Details
Nurse was 26 years old, and a corporal in the 66th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, British Army, during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place during the Battle of Colenso for which he was awarded the VC: Template:Quote
Further information
He achieved the rank of lieutenant with the Royal Artillery during World War I. He died in Liverpool on 25 November 1945.
The medal
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Artillery Museum, Woolwich, London.
See also
References
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- The Register of the Victoria Cross (1981, 1988 and 1997)
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- Ireland's VCs Template:ISBN (Dept of Economic Development, 1995)
- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
- Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)
- Liverpool VCs (James Murphy, Pen and Sword Books, 2008)
External links
- Location of grave and VC medal (Liverpool)
- 1873 births
- 1945 deaths
- Military personnel from County Fermanagh
- 19th-century Irish people
- Irish officers in the British Army
- Second Boer War recipients of the Victoria Cross
- Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross
- People from Enniskillen
- Royal Artillery officers
- British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
- British Army personnel of World War I
- British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross
- British people of Guernsey descent
- Irish people of Guernsey descent
- Burials in North West England