William Amey VC MM (5 March 1881 – 28 May 1940) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Amey was 37 years old, and a lance-corporal in the 1/8th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 4 November 1918 at Landrecies, France, when many hostile machine-gun nests were missed by the leading troops owing to fog, Lance-Corporal Amey led his section against a machine-gun nest under heavy fire and drove the garrison into a neighbouring farm, finally capturing 50 prisoners and several machine-guns. Later, single-handed and under heavy fire he attacked a machine-gun post in a farmhouse, killed two of the garrison and drove the remainder into a cellar until assistance arrived. Subsequently, he rushed a strongly held post, capturing 20 more prisoners.[1]
Amey later achieved the rank of corporal, and was demobilised in 1919.[citation needed] He is buried at Leamington Cemetery, Brunswick Street, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England.[citation needed] His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum (Royal Warwickshire), in [Pageant House, 2 Jury street Warwick, England.[2]
^"No. 31155". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 January 1919. p. 1505.
^Location of William Amey's Victoria Cross Royal Warwickshire Regiment Museum
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