Awarded the VC for his heroism on 16 September 1916, age 29, while serving in the 49th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. "When bombs were running short he ran along the parados under heavy fire, he opened fire and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy who thought they were surrounded. 62 prisoners surrendered to him; quick thinking yet conspicuous bravery. (Courcelette, France)". Freemason at: №3092, Elstree Lodge.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
John Chipman Kerr, VC
Commemorated ati
Freemason VCs - W6 - Johnson, Kerr, Lumsden
Dudley Graham Johnson, 4 November 1918, Age 34, The South Wales Borderers, Bo...
Other Subjects
A. J. Lowe
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
A. H. Blackman, Jnr.
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Second Lieutenant Norman Arthur Henry Somerset
Norman Arthur Henry Somerset was born on 8 September 1894 in Kensington, the elder of the two children of Captain, The Honourable, Arthur Charles Edward Somerset (1860-1948) and Louisa Eliza Grant ...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
J. P. Kelly
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Major Francis Harvey
Soldier. Born Francis John William Harvey in Upper Sydenham. Kent. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions at the height of the Battle of Jutland. Although wounded by shellfi...
1 memorial