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Victoria Cross awarded to Private Frederick Edwards, 12th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment), 1916

Private Jeremiah Edwards (1894-1964) from Queenstown (now Cobh) in County Cork, gained his Victoria Cross (VC) on 26 September 1916 for knocking out a German machine gun at Thiepval Ridge on the Somme with grenades. He was awarded his VC by King George V at Buckingham Palace on 5 February 1917.

Edwards was later promoted to corporal and after leaving the Army he was forced to sell his VC to make ends meet. He died in Surrey on 9 March 1964.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1992-07-3-1

Acknowledgement

Presented by the Trustees of the Middlesex Regimental Museum

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Formation gallery

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1992-07-3-1

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