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| Name: |
Eardley, George Harold |
| Date of birth: | May 6th, 1912 (Congleton/Cheshire, Great Britain)
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| Date of death: |
September 11th, 1991 (Congleton/Cheshire, Great Britain)
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British |
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MILITARY MEDAL (MM)
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Private
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Unit:
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"A" Company, 4th battalion The King's Shropshire Light Infantry, 159th Infantry Brigade, 11th Armoured Division “The Black Bull”, British Army
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Awarded on:
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March 1st, 1945
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Action:
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For action performed on 1 August 1944 near Le Bény-Bocage/Calvados département, Basse-Normandy, France.
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VICTORIA CROSS (VC)
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Rank:
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Sergeant
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Unit:
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"A" Company, 4th battalion The King's Shropshire Light Infantry, 159th Infantry Brigade, 11th Armoured Division “The Black Bull”, British Army
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Awarded on:
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February 1st, 1945
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Action:
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On October 16, 1944, at east of Overloon in the Netherlands, sergeant Eardly with his platoon got the command to make clear an orchard in which the enemy hide himself. Because of this the allied advance stopped. On approximately 80 meters of their aim they came under violent heavy fire. Sergeant Eardly stormed forward and eliminates one enemy post by throwing hand grenades. In his attempt to eliminate a second post on his own initiative the rest of its platoon came under heavily hostile fire and Eardly’s men touched discouraged. But nevertheless strengthened by the one man action of Sergeant Eardly they scraped their courage at each other and conquered eventual their aim.
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Details:
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Later promoted to the rank of Company Sergeant-Major.
George Harold Eardley, Macclesfield Crematorium, Great Britain.
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