Lieutenant Colonel WILLIAM JOHN ENGLISH
Royal Ulster Rifles
Died 04 July 1941
Age 59 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Victoria Cross
- Additional Info Son of Maj. William English, O.B.E. and Marian English; husband of Mary Isabel English, of Knock, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Also served in the 1914/18 War with the R.A.S.C.
- Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY
- Additional Citation note
An extract from the "London Gazette," dated 4th Oct., 1901, records the following:- "On 3rd July 1901, Lt. W. J. English, Scottish Horse (Dragoons), with five men, was holding the right of a position at Vlakfontein during an attack by the Boers. When ammunition ran short he crossed some fifteen yards of open ground under heavy fire at short range and obtained more. Two of his men were killed and two wounded, but the position still held, largely owing to this officer's personal pluck."
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