Barking's VC Hero
postcard, photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.2004-10-84-17
Description
Photograph postcard: Barking's VC Hero. Shows Dvr Henry Charles Drain, 37th Battery. Royal Field Artillery, who won the VC on 26 Aug 1914 attempting to save the guns of his battery from the advancing Germans at Le Cateau in France. Reverse blank. Associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918).
Events
Le Cateau, Battle of, 1914 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918)
