- Jacob Rivers
Jacob Rivers VC (
November 17 ,1881 -March 12 ,1915 ) 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.Details
He was about 34 years old, and a private in the 1st Battalion,
The Sherwood Foresters (The Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) ,British Army during theFirst World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.On
12 March 1915 , atNeuve Chapelle ,France , Private Rivers, on his own initiative, crept to within a few yards of a very large number of the enemy who were massed on the flank of an advanced company of his battalion, and hurled bombs on them. His action caused the enemy to retire, and so relieved the situation. Private Rivers performed a second similar act of great bravery on the same day, again causing the enemy to withdraw. He was killed on this occasion, and his remains never found - he is commemorated on theLe Touret Memorial .The medal
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the
Sherwood Foresters Museum "(The Castle, Nottingham, England)".References
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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.jwhalley.freeserve.co.uk/Notts%20&%20Derbys/VC's.html The Victoria Cross Awards to the Sherwood Foresters] "(photos, site includes other articles on SF)"
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