George Stuart Henderson
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox military person George Stuart Henderson VC, DSO & Bar, MC (5 December 1893 – 24 July 1920) was a British Army officer and a Scottish 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.
Early life
Henderson was born in East Gordon, Berwickshire, on 5 December 1893 to Robert and Mary Henderson.<ref name="CWGC">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Details
Henderson was 26 years old, and a captain in the 2nd Battalion, The Manchester Regiment during the 1920 Iraqi Revolt, then called Mesopotamia, when the following deed took place on 24 July 1920 near Hillah, Mesopotamia for which he was awarded the VC. Template:Quote
He is commemorated on Jedburgh War Memorial and the Basra Memorial.<ref name="CWGC"/>
The medal
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Museum of the Manchester Regiment in Ashton-under-Lyne, England.
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- 1893 births
- 1920 deaths
- British recipients of the Victoria Cross
- Manchester Regiment officers
- People educated at Rossall School
- British military personnel killed in action
- Recipients of the Military Cross
- Military personnel from the Scottish Borders
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- British military personnel of the Iraqi revolt of 1920
- British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross