Service Number
19384
Rank
Private
Firstname
George William
Lastname
Chafer
Awards
Victoria Cross
Battalion
1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
Notes

Attested 2 June 1915 – Medal Index Card entered France 21 December 1915 – Posted wounded Snapper July 1916 – Presented Victoria Cross at Buckingham palace on 04 November 1916 – Discharged 2 December 1916 wounds – SWB Number 91659 – Granted Disability pension 25/- a week for 2 months then 12/6 for life 3/6 for life for VC Snapper January 1917 – Citation for Victoria Cross. East of Meaulte, France, 3rd/4th June, 1916.
For most conspicuous bravery. During a very heavy hostile bombardment and attack on our trenches, a man carrying an important written message to his Company Commander was half buried and rendered unconscious by a shell. Private Chafer, at once grasping the situation, on his own initiative took the message from the man’s pocket, and, although severely wounded in three places, ran along the ruined parapet under heavy shell and machine-gun fire and just succeeded in delivering it before he collapsed from the effect of his wounds. He displayed great initiative and a splendid devotion to duty at a critical moment.
(L.G. No. 29695, 5/8/16.) – East Yorkshire Regiment Awarded Russian Cross of Street George 3rd class – Silver War Badge List O/202 – Photo – Write up visit to Hull courts 30 November 1916 Hull Daily Mail – Photo Cigarette Card

Age
16 April 1894
Birthplace
Bradford
Enlisted
Sheffield
Residence
Rotherham
Date Died
01-Mar-66