George William Burdett Clare VC (18 May 1889 – 29 November 1917) was an

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recipient of the

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, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to

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and

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forces. Clare was born on 18 May 1889 in St Ives, Huntingdonshire to George and Rhoda Clare. He was 28 years old, and a

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in the 5th Lancers (Royal Irish), he was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 28/29 November 1917 at Bourlon Wood,

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during the Battle of Cambrai at which he was killed.Clare, George William Burdett
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Chatteris Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul - geograph

His Victoria Cross will be displayed at

The Royal Lancers and Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum The Royal Lancers & Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum traces the history of three old and famous cavalry regiments, the Queen's Royal Lancers, the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry and the South Nottinghamshire Hussars. It is located at Thoresby Hall in N ...

at Thoresby Park,

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He is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial to the Missing, France; in St Peter and St Paul's Church,

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, Cambridgeshire and on Chatteris War Memorial. The local doctors surgery in the town of Chatteris has adopted his name. A pictures and small dedication can be found on the wall of the waiting room of the George Clare Surgery.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Clare, George William Burdett 1889 births 1917 deaths 5th Royal Irish Lancers soldiers British World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross British military personnel killed in World War I British Army personnel of World War I People from St Ives, Cambridgeshire British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross Military personnel from Cambridgeshire