Picture No | 10822856 |
Date | 1915 |
Description | Corporal C. A. Jarvis, VC with wounded at Chelmsford |
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Corporal C. A. Jarvis VC (1881-1948), Scottish metal-worker and engineer who was the first volunteer soldier of the First World War to receive the Victoria Cross. Only three weeks into the war on 23 August 1914 at Jemappes, Belgium, Lance-Corporal Jarvis worked for 1½ hours under heavy fire, in full view of the enemy and finally succeeded in firing charges for the demolition of a bridge. He was wounded in the process. He is pictured here meeting wounded men at Chelmsford where he made a 'capital recruiting speech.'
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Source | Unattributed photograph in The Sphere, 4 December 1915 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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