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Captain Edward Bamford VC Royal Marines VC Event booklet Walter Stone.qxp_Deptford Booklet A4 16/11/2017 12:23 Page 1 FOR VALOUR The unveiling of a Victoria Cross commemorative paving stone in honour of Captain Edward Bamford VC Royal Marines Tuesday 17 April 2018 at 11am Hornsey War Memorial, Hornsey Central Neighbourhood Health Centre, Park Road, London N8 1 VC Event booklet Walter Stone.qxp_Deptford Booklet A4 16/11/2017 12:23 Page 2 2 VC Event booklet Walter Stone.qxp_Deptford Booklet A4 16/11/2017 12:23 Page 3 VC Event booklet Walter Stone.qxp_Deptford Booklet A4 16/11/2017 12:23 Page 2 INTRODUCTION he Victoria Cross medal was created in 1856 by Queen Victoria. It stemmed from the Crimean TWar which was one of the first wars to be covered by journalists who gave eyewitness accounts of The Victoriabattles in th Crosseir newspapers. ey wrote of the heroism of all ranks of the serving military personnel. e Queen VictoriaOrder createdof the Ba ttheh ex iVictoriasted for g Crossallant o medalfficers b inut 1856. no suc hIt a stemmedward was av fromailabl ethe to a cknowledge the bravery Crimean War,of o rwhichdinary wasBriti soneh se rofvic theeme firstn and wwarsom eton. be covered by journalists, who gave eyewitness accounts of battles in their newspapers. They wrote about the heroism of all ranks of the serving military personnel. The Order of the Bath existed for gallante origi nofficers,al royal wa rrbutan t fnoo r suchthe V icawardtoria Cwasros savailable stated th eto a wacknowledgeard should be: the bravery of ordinary British service men and women. The original‘..o royalrdain warranted with a for vie thew to Victoria place all Crossperson sstated on a pe therfec tawardly equa shouldl footing be: in relation to eligibility for the Decoration, that neither rank, nor long service, nor wounds, nor any other circumstance or condition “Ordained withwha ats oviewever ,to sa placeve the allme personsrit of con onspi cau perfectlyous brave equalry sha lfootingl be held in t orelation establis hto a sufficient acclaim to the honour.’ eligibility for the Decoration that neither rank, nor long service, nor wounds, nor any other With mounting public support in 1856, Queen Victoria ordered the War Office to strike a new medal circumstanceto orre cconditionognise th whatsoever,e acts of bra vsaveery othef a lmeritl the mofi lconspicuousitary, regard lbraveryess of ra shallnk. bee heldawar tod w as backdated to 1854 establish a sufficientin order to acclaimrecogn itose thethe ahonour.”cts of bravery of service personnel in the Crimean War. Since its inception the medal has been awarded 1,358 times to 1,355 individual recipients. With mounting public support in 1856, Queen Victoria ordered the War 1 Office to strikee VC a ri bnewbon ismedal crim soton ,recognise 1 ⁄2" (38 mm the) wi dactse. ofe o braveryriginal (1 of85 all6) sthepeci fimilitary,cation for the award stated that regardlesst hofe rrank.ibbon The sho uawardld be r wased fo backdatedr army recip itoen t1854s and inda orderrk blue to fo recogniser naval recip theient s. e dark blue ribbon, acts of bravery of service personnel in the Crimean War. Since its inception, the however, was abolished soon aer the formation of the Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918. On 22 May medal has been awarded 1,358 times to 1,355 individual recipients. 1920 King George V signed a warrant that stated all recipients would now receive a red ribbon and the The VC ribbonliving isre ccrimsonipients of and the n oneaval v1⁄2ers iincheson were (38requ mm)ired t owide. excha Thenge t originalheir ribb o(1856)ns for t he new colour. Although specificationthe a forrm ythe wa rrawardants st astatedte the cthatolou rthe as b ribboneing re dshould it is de fibene dred by formo sarmyt com mentators as being crimson or recipients and dark blue for naval recipients. The dark blue ribbon, however, was abolished ‘soonwine- raftered’. the formation of the Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918. On 22 May 1920, King George V signed a warrant that stated all recipients would now receive a red ribbon and the living recipients of the naval version were required to exchange their ribbons for the new colour. Although the army warrants state the colour as being red, it is defined by most commentators as being crimson or ‘wine-red’. 3 3 This morning we stand together First World War VCs to remember the heroic action of Edward Bamford VC DSO and just In 2014 the Department for like the other service memorials, we Communities and Local Government shall reflect on the incredible courage announced that as part of the displayed by Edward in the face of the forthcoming national Remembrance enemy one hundred years ago. events marking the First World War, all recipients of the Victoria Cross awarded between 1914 and 1918, will have a memorial stone unveiled in their honour in the borough associated with the recipient. Where possible, each VC memorial stone is unveiled on or around the 100th anniversary date of when the VC was awarded. Haringey was formed in 1965 of the boroughs of Hornsey, Tottenham and Wood Green, there are four such recipients for Haringey, all falling in 2018. Captain Edward Bamford VC Each paving stone will be laid at the Edward Bamford was also awarded war memorial for the borough at the the Distinguished Service Order for time of the war– this means two at the his gallantry aboard HMS Chester at Tottenham Memorial and two at the the Battle of Jutland, the ship that Hornsey Memorial. The reason for this also was the scene for the actions choice is while none of the recipients of Boy 1st Class John Cornwell who, were killed during the great war these posthumously, became a recipient of are visible landmarks where Haringey the VC at the age of sixteen. people remember those that died in Edward Bamford was born on 28 May the World Wars and recent conflicts. 1887 to the Rev. Robert Bamford and Haringey’s four Victoria Cross Blanch Edith Bamford. The family lived recipients were among an astonishing in Langdon Park Road, Highgate N6 628 VCs awarded throughout the First and later moved to Sherborne, Dorset. World War. He was educated at Sherborne Our first stone was unveiled on Friday Preparatory School, and later at 23 March to honour 2Lt Alfred Herring. Sherborne School, which he attended This is the second commemorative as a day boy from September 1900 stone unveiling. There will be two until April 1902. His two brothers, further stones unveiled during this year. Robert Bamford and Arthur Bamford 4 were also educated as day boys at Swords), which was awarded by the Sherborne School. Arthur, who became Russian Government. a Private in the Grenadier Guards, was killed near Loos on 11 October 1915 Bamford’s injuries healed quickly and is commemorated at St Mary’s and he returned to the Chester, and A.D.S. Cemetery, Haisnes, and on the was promoted to Captain on 1st Sherborne School War Memorial. September. He remained with the Chester until February 1918, when In September 1905, Edward joined the he was appointed to command a Royal Marine Light Infantry and served company of the specially formed 4th at various times in H.M.S. Bulwark, Royal Marines for the duration of the Magnificent, Britannia, Chester, Royal Zeebrugge operations. Sovereign, and Highflyer. He joined HMS Britannia on 5 September 1911 On 22nd/23rd April 1918 at and served until November 1915, Zeebrugge, Belgium, Captain being aboard when she ran aground Bamford, aged just 30 years old, near Inch Keith on her way to support landed on the Mole from HMS Beatty’s battlecruisers in the action Vindictive with three platoons of the fought off the Dogger Bank the Royal Marines storming force in the previous January. face of great difficulties. When on the Mole and under heavy fire, he Following a brief attachment to commanded his company with total the Guards Brigade, then manning disregard of personal danger and the lines in the Ypres Salient on the he showed a magnificent example Western Front, he was posted back to to his men. He first established sea – promoted to Temporary Captain a strong point on the right of the on 2nd May 1916. disembarkation and when satisfied that it was safe, led an assault on Having been appointed to the newly the battery to the left. When they commissioned light cruiser HMS returned to Deal, the survivors were Chester, as officer commanding the paraded and instructed to elect a Royal Marine contingent, he was representative to receive the VC. involved in the Chester’s narrow Bamford was chosen by ballot of the escape at the Battle of Jutland. He men involved in the action to receive commanded two guns manned by his the Victoria Cross. marines. Wounded and slightly burned about the face when his after control His award was gazetted on 23rd July station was blown to pieces by a shell 1918, and it was presented to him burst. He later helped extinguish a 8 days later at Buckingham Palace cordite fire, and he was awarded the by King George V with the other 5 DSO (15th September 1916) and Zeebrugge VCs. His gallantry was also the Order of St Anne, 3rd Class (with marked by promotion to Brevet Major 5 and the award of the French Legion of Memorials to Edward Bamford are in Honour. He then served on HMS Royal the Depot Church in Deal and there is Sovereign until March 1919 a Bamford House in the Royal Marines Barracks at Eastney.
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