Corporal GEORGE JARRATT
Royal Fusiliers
8th Bn.
Died 03 May 1917
Age 25 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Victoria Cross
- Additional Info Husband of G. M. Jarratt, of 28, Stanley Road, Southgate, Middx.
- Additional Citation note
An extract from "The London Gazette" dated 8th June, 1917, records the following:-"For most conspicuous bravery and devotion in deliberately sacrificing his life to save others. He had, together with some wounded men, been taken prisoner and placed under guard in a dug-out. The same evening the enemy were driven back by our troops, the leading infantrymen of which commenced to bomb the dug-outs. A grenade fell in the dugout, and without hesitation Cpl. Jarratt placed both feet on the grenade, the subsequent explosion blowing off both his legs. The wounded were later safely removed to our lines, but Cpl. Jarratt died before he could be removed. By this supreme act of self-sacrifice the lives of these wounded were saved."
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