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Joseph Tombs blue plaque

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Joseph Tombs blue plaque
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This blue commemorative plaque records: Lance Corporal Joseph Tombs VC 1888 - 1966 Attended this school in the early 1900s He was awarded the Victoria Cross for conspicuous gallantry on 16 May 1915 on his own initiative he crawled 100 yards under heavy shell and machine-gun fire to rescue four wounded men. Recorded plaque organisation: Grantham Civic Society.
L/Cpl. Joseph Tombs VC was a British soldier who received the Victoria Cross for his acts of conspicuous bravery during World War I, specifically for rescuing four wounded men under intense enemy fire at Ypres in 1915.

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