Historical records matching Geoffrey Harold Woolley, VC, OBE, MC
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About Geoffrey Harold Woolley, VC, OBE, MC
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. He was the first Territorial Army officer to be awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to a British soldier. The son of a clergyman, he seemed destined to follow his father into the Church until the outbreak of the First World War, when he obtained a commission in the Queen Victoria's Rifles, the 9th (County of London) Battalion of the London Regiment of the British Army.
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Geoffrey Harold Woolley VC OBE MC (14 May 1892 – 10 December 1968) was the first Territorial Army officer to be awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Woolley
- Residence: 1901 - St Peter's Vicarage, Bethnal Green London, London, England
- Reference: 1901 England & Wales Census - SmartCopy: Apr 1 2017, 23:20:39 UTC
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Geoffrey Harold Woolley, VC, OBE, MC's Timeline
| 1892 |
May 14, 1892
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St Peter's Vicarage, Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex, England UK
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| 1968 |
December 10, 1968
Age 76
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Hunters Barn, West Chiltington, Near Pulborough, West Sussex, England UK
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