- William Amey
William Amey (VC, MM) (
5 March 1881 -28 May 1940 ) 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.He was 37 years old, and a
lance-corporal in the 1/8th Battalion,The Royal Warwickshire Regiment ,British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.On
4 November 1918 atLandrecies ,France , when many hostile machine-gun nests were missed by the leading troops owing to fog, Lance-Corporal Amey led his section against a machine-gun nest under heavy fire and drove the garrison into a neighbouring farm, finally capturing 50 prisoners and several machine-guns. Later, single-handed and under heavy fire he attacked a machine-gun post in a farmhouse, killed two of the garrison and drove the remainder into a cellar until assistance arrived. Subsequently he rushed a strongly-held post, capturing 20 more prisoners.He later achieved the rank of
corporal . Grave/memorial at Buried at All Saint's Churchyard, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England. Headstone.His Victoria Cross is displayed at the
Royal Regiment of Fusliliers Museum (Royal Warwickshire) "(Warwick, 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 Final Days 1918 (Gerald Gliddon, 2000)External links
* [http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/warwicks.htm Burial location of William Amey] "Warwickshire"
* [http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/ccwarwic.htm Location of William Amey's Victoria Cross] "Royal Warwickshire Regiment Museum"
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