Geoffrey St George Shillington Cather
Lieutenant, 9th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers
- Register No.
- 196 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Lieutenant all Lieutenants →
- Unit
- 9th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers (register: Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's)) all Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's) VCs →
- Date of action
- 1 July 1916 on this day → all of 1916 →
- Conflict / campaign
- First World War
- London Gazette
- 9th September 1916 on this day → all of 1916 →
- Born
- 11th October 1890 at London
- Died
- 2nd July 1916 at Hamel, France. (killed in action)
- Award
- Posthumous all posthumous VCs →
- Memorial / grave
- Thiepval Memorial, France
Digest of citation
On 1st July 1916 near Hamel, France, from 7pm till midnight, Lieutenant Cather searched "no-man's-land " and brought in three wounded men. Next morning, at 8am, he continued his search, brought in another wounded man and gave water to others, arranging for their rescue later. Finally, at 10:30am, he took out water for another man and was proceeding further on when he was himself killed. All this was carried out in full view of the enemy and under direct machine-gun fire and intermittent artillery fire
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
CATHER, Geoffrey St George Shillington. (reg No. 196).
Lieutenant 9th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers.
London Gazetted on 9th September 1916.
Born on 11th October 1890 at London.
Died on 2nd July 1916 at Hamel, France. (killed in action).
Memorial at Thiepval Memorial, France.
Digest of Citation reads: On 1st July 1916 near Hamel, France, from 7pm till midnight, Lieutenant Cather searched "no-man's-land " and brought in three wounded men. Next morning, at 8am, he continued his search, brought in another wounded man and gave water to others, arranging for their rescue later. Finally, at 10:30am, he took out water for another man and was proceeding further on when he was himself killed. All this was carried out in full view of the enemy and under direct machine-gun fire and intermittent artillery fire.
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