“For Valour” : King George decorating Private Thomas Hughes, of the Connaught Rangers, with the V.C., in Hyde Park, June 2nd, 1917.
halftone, print
Accession Number
NAM.1961-12-729-1
Description
Halftone reproduction of King George V decorating Pte Thomas Hughes, 6th Bn Connaught Rangers, with the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, 2 Jul 1917. Cut out of ‘The Ranger’. The wounded Hughes is in crutches, having won the VC for actions at the Battle of Guillemont. Queen Mary seated right, an unknown general in the right background, a woman seated in the right foreground and civilians in the left background.
Events
Somme, Battle of the, 1916 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918), Guillemont, Battle of, 1916 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918)
Units