Charles Ferguson Hoey
Major, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
- Register No.
- 577 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Major (register: Temp. Major) all Majors →
- Unit
- 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment all Lincolnshire Regiment VCs →
- Date of action
- 16 February 1944 on this day → all of 1944 →
- Conflict / campaign
- Second World War
- London Gazette
- 18th May, 1944 on this day → all of 1944 →
- Born
- 29th March 1914 at Duncan, Vancouver Island, British Columbia,
- Died
- 17th February, 1944 at Ngakyedauk, Arakan, Burma. (died
- Award
- Posthumous all posthumous VCs →
- Memorial / grave
- the Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma, also on the War Memorial , Cowichigan, Vancouver, Canada and in the Soldier's Chapel of St George, Lincoln Cathedral, Lincolnshire
Digest of citation
On 16th February, 1944 near the Ngakyedauk Pass, Arakan, Burma, Major Hoey's company came under devastating machine-gun fire, but Major Hoey did not waver in his advance on the objective. Although wounded in the head and leg he went forward alone and tackled a troublesome enemy strong point, destroying it and killing all the occupants, but he was mortally wounded
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
HOEY, Charles Ferguson. (reg No. 577).
Major. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
London Gazetted on 18th May, 1944.
Born on 29th March 1914 at Duncan, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Died on 17th February, 1944 at Ngakyedauk, Arakan, Burma. (died of wounds).
Memorials at the Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma, also on the War Memorial , Cowichigan, Vancouver, Canada and in the Soldier's Chapel of St George, Lincoln Cathedral, Lincolnshire.
Digest of Citation reads: On 16th February, 1944 near the Ngakyedauk Pass, Arakan, Burma, Major Hoey's company came under devastating machine-gun fire, but Major Hoey did not waver in his advance on the objective. Although wounded in the head and leg he went forward alone and tackled a troublesome enemy strong point, destroying it and killing all the occupants, but he was mortally wounded.
Canada.
of wounds).
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Alf recorded the memorial as: the Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma, also on the War Memorial , Cowichigan, Vancouver, Canada and in the Soldier's Chapel of St George, Lincoln Cathedral, Lincolnshire
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