William Amey
Lance Corporal, 1/8th Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
- Register No.
- 23 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Lance Corporal all Lance-Corporals →
- Unit
- 1/8th Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment all Royal Warwickshire Regiment VCs →
- Date of action
- 4 November 1918 on this day → all of 1918 →
- Conflict / campaign
- First World War
- London Gazette
- 31st January 1919 on this day → all of 1919 →
- Born
- 5th March 1881 at Duddeston, Birmingham
- Died
- 28th May 1940 at Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
- Medal held by
- the Royal Warwickshire Regimental Museum
Digest of citation
On 4 November 1918 at Landrecies, France, when many hostile machine-gun nests were missed by the leading troops owing to a fog, Lance Corporal Amey led his section against a machine=gun nest under heavy fire and drove the garrison into a neighbouring farm, finally capturing 50 prisoners and several m,achine-guns. Later, single handed and under heavy fire he attacked a machine-gun post in a farmhouse, killed two of the garrison and drove the remainder into a cellar until assistance arrived. Subsequently he rushed a strongly-held post, capturing 20 more prisoners
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
AMEY William, (Reg. No.23)
Lance Corporal, 1/8th Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
London Gazetted on 31st January 1919.
VC Medal's Custodian is the Royal Warwickshire Regimental Museum.
Born on 5th March 1881 at Duddeston, Birmingham.
Died on 28th May 1940 at Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.
Digest of Citation reads: On 4 November 1918 at Landrecies, France, when many hostile machine-gun nests were missed by the leading troops owing to a fog, Lance Corporal Amey led his section against a machine=gun nest under heavy fire and drove the garrison into a neighbouring farm, finally capturing 50 prisoners and several m,achine-guns. Later, single handed and under heavy fire he attacked a machine-gun post in a farmhouse, killed two of the garrison and drove the remainder into a cellar until assistance arrived. Subsequently he rushed a strongly-held post, capturing 20 more prisoners.
Additional information:. He was also the recipient of the Military Medal.(MM).
Additional information
He was also the recipient of the Military Medal.(MM).
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