Rugby School Victoria Cross and George Cross Holders

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Reference WMO/292930

Address:

Rugby School Chapel

Lawrence Sheriff Street

Rugby

CV22 5EJ

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
  • Boer War, Second (1899-1902)
  • Indian Mutiny (1857-1858)
About the memorial: Large cast bronze plaque, wall mounted, bearing the names of members of Rugby School who have been awarded the Victoria Cross or George Cross. The school heraldic shield is depicted centre top with the VC and GC on each side.
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VICTORIA CROSS-[names] GEORGE CROSS-[names]

Victoria Cross- Colonel Sir Henry Wilmot Rifle Brigade Indian Mutiny 11 March 1858/ Captain John Norwood 5th Dragoon Guards, Boer War, 30 October 1899/ Lieutenant Frank de Pass, Poona Horse, France, 24 November 1914/ Lieutenant Geoffrey Cather, Royal Irish Fusiliers, France, 1 July 1916/ Lieutenant Robert Gorle Royal Field Artillery, France, 1 October 1918/ Lt Colonel Christopher Bushell, Queen's Royal W. Surrey Regt., France 23 March 1918/ Lt Commander Sam Beattie, Royal Navy, St Nazaire, 27 March 1942; George Cross- Lt Commander Robert Armitage, Royal Navy 27 December 1940/ Lt Commander Jack Duppa-Miller, Royal Navy, 14 January 1940

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