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Accession Number | PR00110 |
Collection type | Private Record |
Record type | Collection |
Measurement | 5 items |
Object type | Papers |
Maker |
Cherry, Percy Herbert |
Date made | 1917-1920 |
Access | Open |
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM371 92/0309 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Cherry, Percy Herbert, VC MC (Captain, b.1895 - d.1917)
Description
Original letter from King George V offering condolences on the death of Captain Cherry V.C., M.C., and regret at being unable to present the VC to Cherry before his death. The collection also contains a letter from General Birdwood to Mrs Cherry (mother) offering condolences and giving details of the action Captain Cherry was involved in on the day of his death. A newspaper article on Cherry and copies of extracts from the London Gazette for his V.C. and M.C. citations also form part of the collection.
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Conflicts
Events
Places
- Africa: Egypt
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Pozieres Area, Pozieres
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Warlencourt
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Bapaume Cambrai Area, Lagnicourt
- Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
- Oceania: Australia, Tasmania
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- Victoria Cross : Captain Percy Herbert Cherry, 26 Battalion, AIF
- Military Cross : Captain P H Cherry, 26 Battalion, AIF
- German signal pistol : Captain P H Cherry, 26 Battalion, AIF
- 1914-15 Star : 2nd Lieutenant P H Cherry, 26 Battalion, AIF
- British War Medal 1914-20 : Captain P H Cherry, 26 Battalion, AIF
- Victory Medal : Captain P H Cherry, 26 Battalion, AIF
- Officers service dress tunic : Captain P H Cherry, 26 Battalion, AIF
- German M1898/05 bayonet and scabbard : Captain P H Cherry, 26 Battalion, AIF
- Collapsible trench periscope : Captain P H Cherry, 26 Battalion, AIF
- Blanket : Captain P H Cherry, 26 Battalion, AIF