Alfred Alexander Burt
Corporal, 1st Battalion. The Hertfordshire Regiment
- Register No.
- 154 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Corporal all Corporals →
- Unit
- 1st Battalion. The Hertfordshire Regiment all Hertfordshire Regiment VCs →
- Date of action
- 27 September 1915 on this day → all of 1915 →
- Conflict / campaign
- First World War
- London Gazette
- 22nd January 1916 on this day → all of 1916 →
- Born
- up 3rd March 1895 at Port Vale, Hertford
- Died
- 9th June 1962 at Chesham, Bucks
- Memorial / grave
- after cremation at Garston Crematorium, West Hertfordshire
- Medal held by
- the Hertfordshire Regimental Museum
Digest of citation
On 20 send September 1915 at a Cuinchy, France, Corporal Burt's company was ready to attack when a large minewerfer bomb fell into the trench. Knowing full well the destructive power of this bomb the corporal, who might easily have got under cover behind a traverse, went forward, put his foot on the fuse, wrenched it out of the bomb and threw it over the parapet, and so saved the lives of many of his comrades
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
BURT, Alfred Alexander. (reg No. 154)
Corporal 1st Battalion. The Hertfordshire Regiment.
London Gazetted on 22nd January 1916.
VC Medal's Custodian is the Hertfordshire Regimental Museum.
Born on up 3rd March 1895 at Port Vale, Hertford.
Died on 9th June 1962 at Chesham, Bucks.
Memorial after cremation at Garston Crematorium, West Hertfordshire.
Digest of Citation reads: On 20 send September 1915 at a Cuinchy, France, Corporal Burt's company was ready to attack when a large minewerfer bomb fell into the trench. Knowing full well the destructive power of this bomb the corporal, who might easily have got under cover behind a traverse, went forward, put his foot on the fuse, wrenched it out of the bomb and threw it over the parapet, and so saved the lives of many of his comrades
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