Frederick George Dancox
Private, 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
- Register No.
- 299 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Private all Privates →
- Unit
- 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment all Worcestershire Regiment VCs →
- Date of action
- 9 October 1917 on this day → all of 1917 →
- Conflict / campaign
- First World War
- London Gazette
- 26th November, 1917 on this day → all of 1917 →
- Born
- in 1879 at Barbourne, Worcester
- Died
- 30th November, 1917 near Masnieres, France
- Memorial / grave
- on Canbrai Memorial, France
Digest of citation
On 9th October 1917 at Boesinghe Sector, Belgium, after the first objective had been captured, work was considerably hampered by an enemy machine-gun firing from a concrete emplacement. Private Dancox who was one of a party of 10 detailed as moppers-up, managed to work his way through the barrage and enter the pillbox from the rear, threatening the garrison with a Mills bomb. Shortly afterwards he reappeared with a machine-gun under his arm and about 40 of the enemy. He brought the gun back to our position and kept it in action throughout the day
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
DANCOX, Frederick George. (reg No. 299).
Private. 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment.
London Gazetted on 26th November, 1917.
Born in 1879 at Barbourne, Worcester.
Died on 30th November, 1917 near Masnieres, France.
Memorial on Canbrai Memorial, France.
Digest of Citation reads: On 9th October 1917 at Boesinghe Sector, Belgium, after the first objective had been captured, work was considerably hampered by an enemy machine-gun firing from a concrete emplacement. Private Dancox who was one of a party of 10 detailed as moppers-up, managed to work his way through the barrage and enter the pillbox from the rear, threatening the garrison with a Mills bomb. Shortly afterwards he reappeared with a machine-gun under his arm and about 40 of the enemy. He brought the gun back to our position and kept it in action throughout the day.
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