Two days ago I wrote about Gordon Flowerdew and the question of his promotion to Captain on the day he died. The promotion would presumably have been to an "acting" rank, by Brigadier-general Seely, as a recognition to a dying man. But if so, the headstone has it right.
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Note that, like those of other recipients of the Victoria Cross, the image of the award is engraved on the stone itself.
Flowerdew of course was not alone; his headstone is one of many at Namps-au-Val British Cemetary.Photos courtesy of John Boileau, author and former Commanding Officer of Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians). |
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