| Alfred Alexander Burt |
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| 1895 births | |
| burt, alfred alexander | |
| 1962 deaths | |
| people from hertfordshire | |
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DETAILS He was 20 years old, and a Corporal in The Hertfordshire Regiment , British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 27 September 1915 at Cuinchy , France , Corporal Burt's company was ready to attack when a large minenwerfer bomb fell into the trench. Knowing full well the destructive powers of this bomb the corporal, who might easily have got under cover behind a traverse, went forward, put his foot on the fuse, wrenched it out of the bomb and threw it over the parapet, and so saved the lives of many of his comrades. FURTHER INFORMATION THE MEDAL His Victoria Cross is displayed at The Hertfordshire Regiment Museum ''(Hertfordshire, England)''. REFERENCES
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