Albert White (VC)
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Albert White was an English 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.
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He was about 21 years old, and a sergeant in the 2nd Battalion, The South Wales Borderers, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 19 May 1917 at Monchy-le-Preux, France, Sergeant White, realizing during an attack that one of the enemy's machine-guns, which had previously been located, would hold up the whole advance of his company, dashed ahead to capture the gun. When within a few yards of it, he fell riddled with bullets, having willingly sacrificed his life in an attempt to secure the success of the operation.
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Albert White was born in Liverpool in 1892.
[edit] The medal
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[edit] References
- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
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[edit] External links
This page has been migrated from the Victoria Cross Reference with permission.
