Edward Warner

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Edward Warner (1880 – 1915) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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He was 31 years old, and a Private in the 1st Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment, British Army during World War I when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 1 May 1915 near Hill 60, Ypres, Belgium, when a trench had been vacated by our troops after a gas attack, Private Warner entered it alone in order to prevent the enemy taking possession. Reinforcements were sent to him but could not reach him owing to the gas. However he then went back and brought up more men, by which time he was completely exhausted, but the trench was held until the enemy attack ceased. Private Warner died shortly afterwards from the effects of gas poisoning.

[edit] The medal

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regimental Museum (Luton, Bedfordshire, England).

[edit] References

• Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
• The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
• VCs of the First World War - The Western Front 1915 (Peter F. Batchelor & Christopher Matson, 1999)