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EARDLEY, George Harold V.C.

Extended Description: George Harold Eardley VC, MM (6 May 1912 - 11 September 1991
4th Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry, British Army during the Second World War when he was awarded the VC. On 16 October 1944 east of Overloon, the
the Netherlands, Sergeant Eardley's platoon was ordered to clear some orchards where a strong opposition was holding up the advance, but 80 yards (73 m) away from the objective the platoon was halted by automatic fire from machine-gun posts. Sergeant Eardley spotted one of these posts and moving forward under heavy fire killed the officer at the post with a grenade.

This memorial can be seen in Lawton Street, near to the cenotaph, Congleton, Cheshire

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