What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Capt. Harold Ackroyd lived here. Awarded Victoria Cross rescuing wounded men under fire. Killed at Ypres 11 August 1917
Harold Ackroyd VC was a British Army captain awarded the Victoria Cross for rescuing wounded soldiers under heavy enemy fire during World War I; he was killed in action at Ypres in 1917.
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