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3 unusual facts about Edward Elers Delaval Henderson


Edward Elers Delaval Henderson

On 25 January 1917 on the west bank of the River Hai, near Kut, Mesopotamia, he performed the deed for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.

His VC is on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum, London.

Edward Henderson

Edward Elers Delaval Henderson (1878–1917), British recipient of the Victoria Cross


Robert Edwin Phillips

On 25 January 1917 near Kut, Mesopotamia, Lieutenant Phillips went to the assistance of his commanding officer (Edward Elers Delaval Henderson) who was lying in the open mortally wounded while leading a counter-attack.


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