Ernest Albert EGERTON V.C.

Sergeant Ernest EGERTON. V.C. Awarded the Victoria Cross 20 September 1917.
This wreath was laid at Blythe Bridge War Memorial 11 November 2017
Born 10 November 1897 at Longton, Staffordshire. Died at Blythe Bridge, Staffordshire 14 February 1966.
At rest in Forsbrook with Blyth Bridge St Peter's extended churchyard. Staffordshire.

16th Sherwood Foresters.
V C Citation
On 20 September 1917 southeast of Ypres, Belgium during an attack, visibility was bad owing to fog and smoke. As a result, the two leading waves of the attack passed over certain hostile dugouts without clearing them and enemy rifles and machine-guns from these dugouts were inflicting severe casualties. Corporal Egerton at once responded to a call for volunteers to help in clearing up the situation and he dashed for the dugouts under heavy fire at short range. He shot a rifleman, a bomber and a gunner, by which time support had arrived and 29 of the enemy surrendered.

He later achieved the rank of sergeant. He served in the Home Guard in World War II and died on 14 February 1966.
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Sherwood Foresters Museum in Nottingham Castle
http://www.egerton.org.uk/