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One of 6 VCs with Streatham connections

23/6/2020

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​On This Day 24 June 1894 Major Alfred James Terence Fleming-Sandes VC was born in Northstead Road. One of 6 VCs connected to Streatham

On 29 September 1915 at the Hohenzollern Redoubt, France, Second Lieutenant Fleming-Sandes was sent to command a company which was in a very critical position. His men, very much shaken by continual bombing and machine-gun fire, were beginning to retire, but the second lieutenant collected a few bombs and jumping on the parapet in full view of the Germans, only 20 yards (18 m) away, threw them. Although severely wounded almost at once, he continued to advance and throw bombs until he was again wounded. This act put new heart into his men and saved the situation. (London Gazette)

http://www.vconline.org.uk/alfred-j-t-fleming-sandes-vc/4586724877
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(The final image is at the Streatham War Memorial)

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