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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Coventry
Town
Stivichall
County
West Midlands
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
38584

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Current location

ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE APPROACH TO THE MEMORIAL TOWER
WAR MEMORIAL PARK
Kenilworth Road
Stivichall
Coventry
West Midlands
CV5 6PZ
England

OS Grid Ref: SP 32880 77450
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
RECTANGULAR METAL PLAQUE MOUNTED ONTO A GRANITE STONE. INSCRIPTION IN RELIEF IN BLACK LETTERING VICTORIA CROSS INRELIEF AT THE TOP CENTRE OF THE PLAQUE
Inscription
ARTHUR HUTT V.C./ 7TH BN. THE ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGIMENT,/ ST. JULIEN OCTOBER 4TH 1917./ FOR MOST CONSPICUOUS BRAVERY AND INITIATIVE IN ATTACK, WHEN/ ALL THE OFFICERS AND NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF NO.2 PLATOON/ HAVING BECOME CASUALITIES, PRIVATE HUTT TOOK COMMAND OF AND LED/ FORWARD THE PLATOON. HE WAS HELD UP BY A STRONG POST ON HIS RIGHT,/ BUT IMMEDIATELY RAN FORWARD ALONE IN FRONT OF THE PLATOON AND/ SHOT THE OFFICER AND THREE MEN IN THE POST, CAUSING BETWEEN/ FORTY AND FIFTY OTHERS TO SURRENDER. LATER, REALISING THAT HE HAD/ PUSHED TOO FAR, HE WITHDREW HIS PARTY, HE PERSONALLY COVERED THE/ WITHDRAWAL BY SNIPING THE ENEMY, KILLING A NUMBER AND THEN/ CARRIED BACK A WOUNDED MAN AND PUT HIM UNDER SHELTER./ PRIVATE HUTT THEN ORGANISED AND CONSOLIDATED HIS POSITION, AND/ LEARNING THAT SOME WOUNDED MEN WERE LYING OUT AND LIKELY TO BECOME/ PRISONERS IF LEFT THERE, NO STRETCHER BEARERS BEING AVAILABLE, HE/ WENT OUT AND CARRIED IN FOUR WOUNDED MEN UNDER FIRE.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Hutt, Arthur
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank,regiment,forename,additional,decorations
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Metal
  • Base
    Measurements: depth C 1FT, height C 4FT, width C 2FT
    Materials: Granite
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
COVENRTY COUNCIL

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