PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Horwood, Alec George
Date of birth: January 6th, 1914 (Deptford, London, Great Britain)
Date of death:  January 20th, 1944 (Kyauchaw, Burma)
Nationality:  British
     
VICTORIA CROSS (VC)
Rank: Lieutenant
Unit: 1/6th. Battalion, The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment, British Army
Awarded on: December 5th, 1944
Action: After being under heavy enemy fire in a forward position on 18 January 1944 near Kyauchw, Burma, Lieutenant Horwood returned to his own lines during the night with important information on enemy troop movements. On 19 January 1944 Lieutenant Horwood returned to the forward position and fired some mortar grenades at the enemy. By doing so he was drawing enemy fire upon him and his own troops were able to locate the enemy positions exactly. On 20 January 1944 Lieutenant Horwood volunteered to be in command of a considerable operation. However he was killed in action some time later.
Details: Alec George Horwood, no known grave, name on the Rangoon Memorial, Burma.
 
     
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Information source(s):   - Victoria Cross Reference
- The Register of the Victoria Cross - published by This Engeland 1997 - ISBN 0906324270
- Special thanks to Iain Stewart from The History of the Victoria Cross
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