Rupert Price Hallowes
VC MC (5 May 1881 – 30 September 1915) was a British recipient of the
Victoria Cross
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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
Commonwealth forces.
He was born to F. B. and Mary Ann Taylor Hallowes, of
Redhill,
Surrey.
[Hallowes, Rupert Price]
Commonwealth War Graves Commission He was 34 years old, and a temporary
second lieutenant in the 4th Battalion,
The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)
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, during the
First World War
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. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions between 25 and 30 September 1915 at
Hooge,
Belgium
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.
Citation
He died on 30 September 1915, and is buried at
Bedford House Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery,
Zillebeke
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, near
Ypres
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.
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Further information
Hallowes' Victoria Cross is held as part of the collections of the National Army Museum
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, Chelsea
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, London.
National Army Museum catalogue He was also a holder of the
Military Cross
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The MC ...
. A peacetime scoutmaster, he is one of 32
Scouting related persons to win the Victoria Cross. There is a memorial to Rupert Hallowes on the ground floor of Neath Port Talbot Hospital at the entrance into 'Out Patients'.
References
Publications
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Monuments to Courage
David Charles Harvey (29 July 1946 – 4 March 2004) was a historian and author. He is notable for his seminal work, ''Monuments To Courage'', which documents the graves of almost all recipients of the Victoria Cross, a task that took him over 3 ...
(David Harvey, 1999)
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The Register of the Victoria Cross
''The Register of the Victoria Cross'' is a reference work that provides brief information on every Victoria Cross awarded until the publication date. Each entry provides a summary of the deed, along with a photograph of the recipient and the fo ...
(This England, 1997)
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VCs of the First World War - The Western Front 1915
''VCs of the First World War'' is a series of books that list the Victoria Cross recipients of the First World War. The series consists of 13 books written by four different authors, first published under the label Sutton Publishing Limited, part ...
(Peter F. Batchelor & Christopher Matson, 1999)
External links
The Middlesex Regiment 1755-1966''(detailed history of the original "Die Hards")''
''(Known Holders of the Victoria Cross Commemorated in Brookwood Cemetery)''
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1881 births
1915 deaths
Middlesex Regiment officers
British Army personnel of World War I
British World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross
British military personnel killed in World War I
Artists' Rifles soldiers
People from Redhill, Surrey
British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross
Burials at Bedford House Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
Military personnel from Surrey
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