John Leslie Green
Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps, attached 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters. (Notts and Derby Regiment)
- Register No.
- 487 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Captain all Captains →
- Unit
- Royal Army Medical Corps, attached 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters. (Notts and Derby Regiment) all Royal Army Medical Corps VCs →
- Date of action
- 1 July 1916 on this day → all of 1916 →
- Conflict / campaign
- First World War
- London Gazette
- 5th August, 1916 on this day → all of 1916 →
- Born
- 4th December, 1888 at St Neots, Huntingdonshire
- Died
- 1st July, 1916 at Foncquevillers, France
- Award
- Posthumous all posthumous VCs →
- Memorial / grave
- Foncquevillers Military Cemetery, France
Digest of citation
On 1st July, 1916 at Foncquevillers, France, Captain Green, although wounded himself, rescued an officer who had been wounded and was caught up in the enemy's wire entanglements. He dragged him to a shell-hole where he dressed his wounds, notwithstanding the bombs and grenades being thrown at him the whole time. Captain Green then tried to bring the wounded officer to safety and had nearly succeeded when he was himself killed
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
GREEN, John Leslie. (reg No. 487).
Captain. Royal Army Medical Corps, attached 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters. (Notts and Derby Regiment).
London Gazetted on 5th August, 1916.
Born on 4th December, 1888 at St Neots, Huntingdonshire.
Died on 1st July, 1916 at Foncquevillers, France.
Memorial at Foncquevillers Military Cemetery, France.
Digest of Citation reads: On 1st July, 1916 at Foncquevillers, France, Captain Green, although wounded himself, rescued an officer who had been wounded and was caught up in the enemy's wire entanglements. He dragged him to a shell-hole where he dressed his wounds, notwithstanding the bombs and grenades being thrown at him the whole time. Captain Green then tried to bring the wounded officer to safety and had nearly succeeded when he was himself killed.
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