Victoria Cross, Pte Frederick Jeremiah Edwards, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment), 1916
Victoria Cross, gallantry award
Accession Number
NAM.1992-07-3-1
Description
Victoria Cross, 1916. Awarded to Pte Frederick Jeremiah Edwards, 12th Bn, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment), for his actions in the Somme on 26 Sep 1916. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). Pte Edwards gained his Victoria Cross on 26th September 1916 for knocking out a machine gun at Thiepval Ridge in the Somme with grenades. His actions made further advance possible. He was awarded his VC by HRH King George V at Buckingham Palace on 5th February 1917. Edwards was born in Ireland on 3rd October 1894 and died in Surrey on 9th March 1964.
Events
Somme, Battle of the, 1916 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918)
Associated collection
