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★Victoria Cross

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William Edgar Holmes — Victoria Cross

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Heroic Score1001057th out of 4480

Number of Medals5

Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score1081380 of 4480

British Army#241of 876

World War I#385of 928

Battle of Mons#2of 3

First Battle of Ypres#4of 9

Winter operations 1914–1915 (WIA)#1of 1

Battle of Loos#2of 8

Battle of the Somme#22of 51

Battle of Cambrai#6of 9

Battle of Arras#6of 12

Hundred Days Offensive †#2of 4

William Edgar Holmes

Private, British Army

World War IBattle of MonsFirst Battle of YpresWinter operations 1914–1915 (WIA)Battle of LoosBattle of the SommeBattle of CambraiBattle of ArrasHundred Days Offensive †

Awards & Decorations

Victoria Cross
1914 Star (2)
British War Medal 1914–1920
Victory Medal 1914-19

Ribbon Rack

Biography

Private William Edgar Holmes VC was a British Army soldier and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. A soldier with the Grenadier Guards during the First World War, he was posthumously awarded the VC for his actions on 9 October 1918, during the Hundred Days Offensive.

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Score Breakdown

Victoria Cross(base 100)

+100

Heroic Score100 pts