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Dresser, Tom
UK, Soldiers Awards from the London Gazette, 1898-1944
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Full Name
Dresser, Tom
Date Of Birth
21 Jul 1892
Age
24
Birth Place
Westgate, Pickering, Yorkshire
Nationality
British
Resided Place
Middlesborough & Pickering, Yorkshire, England
Date
12 May 1917
Date Of Death
9 Apr 1982
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7th Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own) more recently known as The Green Howards.
Rank Name
Private
Service Number
242697
Gazette Date
1917
Gazette Page
6382 (V.C.): Issue: 30154 (V.C.)
Duty Location
Near Roeux, France; France and Flanders
Service
British Army
Regiment
Green Howards
Battalion
7th Battalion
Commemorated
Thorntree Cemetery, Middlesborough
Place of Death
Middlesborough, Yorkshire
Conflict Period
World War I
Served For
United Kingdom
award
Victory Medal
award
British War Medals WW1
award
Victoria Cross (VC)
unit
Green Howards
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Publication Title
UK, Soldiers Awards from the London Gazette, 1898-1944
Content Source
London Gazette
Last Updated
31 Oct 2023
Description
The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record of the British government, and the most important among such official journals in the United Kingdom, in which certain statutory notices are required to be published.
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