What is recorded here

The public map records this plaque for Capt. Harold Ackroyd. Its recorded inscription reads: CAPT. HAROLD ACKROYD - Royal Army Medical Corps, lived here. Awarded Victoria Cross for rescuing wounded men under fire. Killed at Ypres, 11 August 1917.

Captain Harold Ackroyd of the Royal Army Medical Corps was awarded the Victoria Cross for repeatedly rescuing wounded soldiers under heavy enemy fire during World War I; he was killed in action at Ypres in 1917.

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