Full title reads: "Town Honours Its Own VC".
South Shields, Tyne and Wear.
VS of the civic reception on the steps of South Shields Town Hall for Second Lieutenant Richard "Dickie" Annand, Victoria Cross. The soldier won his VC in Belgium. Large crowds listen to speech by Mayor outside Town Hall. Annand saved his batman Private Joseph Hunter by carrying him in a wheelbarrow.
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Description
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Data
- Archive
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 12/09/1940
- Sound:
- sound
- Media URN:
- 21111
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Film ID:
- 1055.42
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration
- 00:00:24:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:44:47:00 / 01:45:11:00
- Canister:
- 40/74
- Sort Number:
- 40/074
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Appears in...
- Categories
- War & Revolution
- WorkSpaces
- VCGC Tyne
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jamied says
"Annand" is Richard "Dickie" Annand.
His was the first Victoria Cross won by the British Army during WWII.
"Annand saved his batman" - his batman's name was Private Joseph Hunter.
Details of Annand's heroics, including the saving of his batman, can be found here....
www.victoriacross.org.uk/bbannand.htm
British Pathé says
Thanks. An interesting story.