Harold Ackroyd
Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps, attached 6th Battn., Royal Berkshire Regiment
- Register No.
- 4 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Captain (register: Temp. Captain) all Captains →
- Unit
- Royal Army Medical Corps, attached 6th Battn., Royal Berkshire Regiment all Royal Army Medical Corps VCs →
- Date of action
- 31 July 1917 to 1 August 1917 on this day → all of 1917 →
- Conflict / campaign
- First World War
- London Gazette
- 6th. September 1917 on this day → all of 1917 →
- Born
- 18th July 1877 at Southport, Lancashire
- Died
- 11th August 1917 at Glencorse Wood, Ypres, Belgium.(Killed
- Memorial / grave
- Birr Cross Roads, Belgium, The War Memorial at Royston, Hertfordshire, Guy's Hospital and the RAMC College, at Millbank, London
Digest of citation
Between 31 July and 1 August 1917 at Ypres, Belgium, Captain Ackroyd worked continuously, utterly regardless of danger, tending the wounded and saving the lives of officers and men in the front line. In so doing he had to move across the open, under heavy machine-gun, rifle and shell fire. On one occasion he carried a wounded officer to a place of safety under heavy fire, and on another went some way in front of the advanced line bringing in a wounded man under continuous sniping. He was killed in action ten days later
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
ACKROYD Harold, (Reg. No. 4)
Captain Royal Army Medical Corps, attached 6th Battn., Royal Berkshire Regiment* London Gazetted on 6th. September 1917 Born on 18th July 1877 at Southport, Lancashire.
Died on 11th August 1917 at Glencorse Wood, Ypres, Belgium.(Killed in action.)
Memorials at Birr Cross Roads, Belgium, The War Memorial at Royston, Hertfordshire, Guy's Hospital and the RAMC College, at Millbank, London.
Digest of Citation reads: Between 31 July and 1 August 1917 at Ypres, Belgium, Captain Ackroyd worked continuously, utterly regardless of danger, tending the wounded and saving the lives of officers and men in the front line. In so doing he had to move across the open, under heavy machine-gun, rifle and shell fire. On one occasion he carried a wounded officer to a place of safety under heavy fire, and on another went some way in front of the advanced line bringing in a wounded man under continuous sniping. He was killed in action ten days later.
* Princess Charlotte of Wales's.
Additional information:. Captain Ackroyd also held the The Military Cross (MC).
Additional information
Captain Ackroyd also held the The Military Cross (MC).
* Princess Charlotte of Wales's.
in action.)
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Alf recorded the memorial as: Birr Cross Roads, Belgium, The War Memorial at Royston, Hertfordshire, Guy's Hospital and the RAMC College, at Millbank, London
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