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Pte. William George Chafer VC.
British Army 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Turbury, Epworth, Isle of Axeholme
On 3rd/4th June 1916 east of Meaulte on the Somme, during a very heavy bombardment and attack on our trenches, a man carrying an important written message to his commanding officer was half buried and rendered unconscious by a shell. Private Chafer, at once grasping the situation, on his own initiative, took the message from the man's pocket and, although severely wounded, choking and blinded by gas, ran along the ruined parapet under heavy shell and machine-gun fire. He just succeeded in delivering the message before he collapsed from the effects of his wounds. For his actions William Chafer was awarded the Victoria Cross.
