William Amey
William Amey | |
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Born | Birmingham,England | 5 March 1881
Died | 28 May 1940 Leamington Spa,Warwickshire,England | (aged 59)
Buried | Leamington Cemetery, Brunswick Street, Leamington Spa |
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Rank | Corporal |
Unit | The Warwickshire Regiment |
Battles/wars | World War I |
Awards | Victoria Cross Military Medal |
William AmeyVCMM(5 March 1881 – 28 May 1940) was anEnglishrecipient of theVictoria Cross,the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded toBritishandCommonwealthforces.
Amey was 37 years old, and alance-corporalin the 1/8th Battalion,The Royal Warwickshire Regiment,British Armyduring the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 4 November 1918 atLandrecies,France, when many hostile machine-gun nests were missed by the leading troops owing to 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 machine-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.[1]
Amey later achieved the rank ofcorporal,and was demobilised in 1919.[citation needed]He is buried at Leamington Cemetery, Brunswick Street, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England.[citation needed]His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum (Royal Warwickshire), in [Pageant House, 2 Jury streetWarwick,England.[2]
References
[edit]- ^"No. 31155".The London Gazette(Supplement). 28 January 1919. p. 1505.
- ^Location of William Amey's Victoria CrossRoyal Warwickshire Regiment Museum
Bibliography
[edit]- Gliddon, Gerald (2014) [2000].The Final Days 1918.VCs of the First World War.The History Press.ISBN978-0-7509-5368-9.
- 1881 births
- 1940 deaths
- Military personnel from Birmingham, West Midlands
- Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers soldiers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- British World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross
- Recipients of the Military Medal
- British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross
- Burials in West Midlands (region)