Cyril Hubert Frisby
Captain, 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards
- Register No.
- 431 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Captain (register: Acting Captain) all Captains →
- Unit
- 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards all Coldstream Guards VCs →
- Date of action
- 27 September 1918 on this day → all of 1918 →
- Conflict / campaign
- First World War
- London Gazette
- 27th November, 1918 on this day → all of 1918 →
- Born
- 17th September, 1885 at New Barnet, Hertfordshire
- Died
- 10th September, 1961 at Guildford, Surrey
- Memorial / grave
- at Brookwood Cemetery, Woking, Surrey
- Medal held by
- the Guards Regimental HQ
Digest of citation
On 27th September, 1918 at the Canal du Nord , near Graincourt, France, Captain Frisby was in command of a company detailed to capture a canal crossing, but when the canal was reached, the leading platoon came under annihilating fire from a strong enemy post under the bridge on the far side of the canal. Captain Frisby with a Lance-Corporal * and two others, climbed down into the canal under intense fire and succeeded in capturing the post with two machine guns and 12 men. Then having consolidated his objective he gave timely support to a company which had lost all its officers and sergeants, organising the defences and beating off a heavy counter-attack
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
FRISBY, Cyril Hubert. (reg No. 431).
Captain 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards.
London Gazetted on 27th November, 1918.
VC Medal's Custodian is the Guards Regimental HQ.
Born on 17th September, 1885 at New Barnet, Hertfordshire.
Died on 10th September, 1961 at Guildford, Surrey.
Memorial on grave at Brookwood Cemetery, Woking, Surrey.
Digest of Citation reads: On 27th September, 1918 at the Canal du Nord , near Graincourt, France, Captain Frisby was in command of a company detailed to capture a canal crossing, but when the canal was reached, the leading platoon came under annihilating fire from a strong enemy post under the bridge on the far side of the canal. Captain Frisby with a Lance-Corporal * and two others, climbed down into the canal under intense fire and succeeded in capturing the post with two machine guns and 12 men. Then having consolidated his objective he gave timely support to a company which had lost all its officers and sergeants, organising the defences and beating off a heavy counter-attack.
* T.N. Jackson. (reg No. 627).
* T.N. Jackson. (reg No. 627).
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