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Also at Anfield crematorium this small plaque but I'm not sure if his ashes are buried here

Lieutenant-Colonel Donald Dickson Farmer VC MSM (28 May 1877- 23 December 1956) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross

He was 23 years old, and a sergeant in the 1st Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, British Army during the South African War (Boer War) when he won the VC. His citation reads:
"On 13 December 1900 during an attack at Nooitgedacht, South Africa, a lieutenant with 15 men went to the assistance of a picquet which was heavily engaged, most of the men having been killed or wounded. The enemy immediately opened fire on the relief party, killing two and wounding five, including the Lieutenant Sandilands. Sergeant Farmer at once went to the officer who was quite helpless, and carried him away under heavy fire to a place of comparative safety, after which he returned to the firing line and was eventually taken prisoner"

The Victoria Cross (VC) was awarded to 78 members of the British Armed Forces for action during the Second Boer War. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Regimental Museum of Queens Own Highlanders (Fort George, Inverness-shire, Scotland).


Again a "within this cemetery lies" stone
Arthur Herbert Lindsay Richardson VC. Liverpool Cathedral St. James Gardens.

Born in Southport, Lancashire in 1872, Richardson emigrated to Canada in 1898. After a period as a rancher he joined the North-West Mounted Police in 1894. At the outbreak of the Boer War in 1900 he joined the newly raised Lord Strathcona's Horse. He was 27 years old, and a sergeant when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 5 July 1900 at Wolwespruit, Standerton, South Africa, a party of Lord Strathcona's Horse (38 in number) came into contact and was engaged at close quarters with a force of 80 of the enemy. When the order was given to retire Sergeant Richardson rode back under very heavy cross-fire, picked up a trooper whose horse had been shot and who was badly wounded and rode with him out of fire. This act of gallantry was performed within 300 yards of the enemy and Sergeant Richardson was himself riding a wounded horse.

Richardson was the first soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross for actions committed while serving with a Canadian unit under British command. After his wife's death in 1916, Richardson returned to Liverpool and died there in 1932.

His Victoria Cross is displayed at The Military Museums in Calgary, Alberta.




Gabriel George Coury VC (1896 - 1956),St Peter & St Paul Churchyard, Crosby.
Earned himself the VC at a position called Arrow Head Copse near Guillemont, France, August 8, 1916, during the Battle of the Somme.

London Gazette Citation 26 October 1916
"For most conspicuous bravery. During an advance he was in command of two platoons ordered to dig a communication trench from the firing line to the position won. By his fine example and utter contempt of danger he kept up the spirits of his men and completed his task under intense fire. Later, after his battalion had suffered severe casualties and the Commanding Officer had been wounded, he went out in front of the advanced position in broad daylight and in full view of the enemy found his Commanding Officer, and brought him back to the new advanced trench over ground swept by machine-gun fire. He not only carried out his original tasks and saved his Commanding Officer, but also assisted in rallying the attacking troops when they were shaken and in leading them forward."

Out of all of this victoria cross winners Gabriel Coury is the one I've been able to find the most newspaper cutting on in the library in town, I've water marked them because they took me ages to find and clean up and make readable



Liverpool courier, October 27th 1916


Liverpool Echo, Tuesday November 14th




Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury, November 20th 1916