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G.A. Boyd-Rochfort and George Edward Cates ["Tales of the V.C. "]
Self sacrifice
2nd Lieut. G.A. Boyd-Rochfort, 1st Scots Guards, and 2nd Lieut. George Edward Cates, 2nd Rifle Brigade, were awarded the V.C. for bravery. In trenches called "The Dell" and "Back Street" between Cambrin and La Bassee, Boyd-Rochfort protected his comrades by throwing away a live bomb that landed near him (1915). Cates died from wounds after he stood over a bomb to shield a rifleman working next to …
Contributors
- Jeremy Arter
Subject
- World War I
- Propaganda
- Trench Life
- World War I
- Propaganda
- George Edward Cates
- James Price Lloyd
Type of item
- Story
Date
- 1915
- 1917
- 1917
- 1915
- 1917
- 1915
Contributors
- Jeremy Arter
Subject
- World War I
- Propaganda
- Trench Life
- World War I
- Propaganda
- George Edward Cates
- James Price Lloyd
Type of item
- Story
Date
- 1915
- 1917
- 1917
- 1915
- 1917
- 1915
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Creation date
- 2013-05-02 16:50:42 UTC
- 2013-05-02
- 2013-05-02
Temporal
- europeana19141918:timespan/e0e2133ffd74069526db103780ec94e2
Places
- Western Front
- europeana19141918:place/da1549436fbd771656ff79e8c59e35a1
Provenance
- INTERNET
Source
- UGC
Identifier
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/5372
- 5372
Language
- eng
- English
Is part of
- EnrichEuropeana
Year
- 1915
- 1917
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:08:30.619Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-06-05T08:05:33.085Z