- Harry Daniels
Harry M. Daniels VC MC (
13 December 1884 -13 December 1953 ) was an English recipient of theVictoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.Harry Daniels was the 13th child of baker in
Wymondham ,Norfolk . He joined the army at a young age and served abroad in India.He was 30 years old, and a
Company Sergeant-Major in the 2nd Battalion ofThe Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) ,British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.On
12 March 1915 atNeuve Chapelle ,France , his unit was ordered into an advance on the German trenches acrossno-man's land which was covered by machine guns and strewn with barbed wire. Daniels and another man,Cecil Reginald Noble , voluntarily rushed in front with cutters and attacked the wires They were both wounded at once, Noble dying later of his wounds.For further activities on the
Western Front he was awarded theMilitary Cross .He later achieved the rank of
Lieutenant Colonel .His Victoria Cross is displayed at the
Royal Green Jackets Museum atWinchester , England.References
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10323012 Profile]
*Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
*The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
*VCs of the First World War - The Western Front 1915 (Peter F. Batchelor & Christopher Matson, 1999)External links
* [http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/yorkshir.htm Location of grave and VC medal] "(West Yorkshire)"
* [http://www.forvalor.com/Dan.htm Lieutenant Colonel Harry Daniels, VC MC] "(uniform memorabilia photo)"
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