Wilfred Dolby Fuller
Lance-Corporal, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards
- Register No.
- 432 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Lance-Corporal (register: Lance Corporal) all Lance-Corporals →
- Unit
- 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards all Grenadier Guards VCs →
- Date of action
- 12 March 1915 on this day → all of 1915 →
- Conflict / campaign
- First World War
- London Gazette
- 19th April, 1915 on this day → all of 1915 →
- Born
- 28th July, 1893 at East Kirkby, Greasley, Nottinghamshire
- Died
- 22nd November 1947 at Frome, Somerset
- Memorial / grave
- at Frome, Somerset
- Medal held by
- the Guards Museum, Wellington Barracks
Digest of citation
On 12th March, 1915 at Neuve Chapelle, France, Lance Corporal Fuller saw a party of the enemy trying to escape along a communication trench. He ran towards them and killed the leading man with a bomb, the remainder, nearly 50, seeing no means of evading his bombs, all surrendered to him. Lance-Corporal Fuller was quite alone at this time
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
FULLER, Wilfred Dolby. (reg No. 432).
Lance-Corporal 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards.
London Gazetted on 19th April, 1915.
VC Medal's Custodian is the Guards Museum, Wellington Barracks. London.
Born on 28th July, 1893 at East Kirkby, Greasley, Nottinghamshire.
Died on 22nd November 1947 at Frome, Somerset.
Memorial on grave at Frome, Somerset.
Digest of Citation reads: On 12th March, 1915 at Neuve Chapelle, France, Lance Corporal Fuller saw a party of the enemy trying to escape along a communication trench. He ran towards them and killed the leading man with a bomb, the remainder, nearly 50, seeing no means of evading his bombs, all surrendered to him. Lance-Corporal Fuller was quite alone at this time.
London.
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