Commemorated: | |||
1. Memorial: | Freemasons VC Memorial | Great Queen Street | |
2. Book: | Beyond The Five Points | Pgs 160-161 | |
Awards & Titles: | Victoria Cross |
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
Unit / Ship / Est.: 1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) |
Action : War Survivor |
Although many perished in times of national conflict and in the service of their country, many more survived including those interned as Prisoners of War. Stories of those who did survive are included as part of this site, especially those with high gallantry awards, those included against an external rolls of honour and those who had a distinguished career in wartime and military leaderhip.
Citations & Commemorations :
On 12 March 1915 at Neuve Chapelle, France, his unit was ordered into an advance on the German trenches across no-man's land which was covered by machine guns and strewn with barbed wire. Daniels and another man, Cecil Reginald Noble, voluntarily rushed in front with cutters and attacked the wires They were both wounded at once, Noble dying later of his wounds.Masonic :
Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
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Mother : | Aldershot Camp No. 1331 E.C. | Hampshire & IOW |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
23rd April 1920 | 28th May 1920 | 25th June 1920 |
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley
Last Updated: 2018-10-06 17:22:25