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Gordon Flowerdew
English-born Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross (1885–1918)
Gordon Muriel FlowerdewVC (2 January 1885 – 31 March 1918) was an English-born Canadian 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, received for his actions at the Battle of Moreuil Wood.
Gordon muriel flowerdew biography of mahatma
Early life
He was born in Billingford, Norfolk, one of fourteen children of Arthur John Blomfield Flowerdew and Hannah Flowerdew (nee Symonds). He was educated at Framlingham College in Suffolk, as were all nine of his brothers.[1] At the age of 18, after a bout of pleurisy, he emigrated to British Columbia, where he took up ranching, settling in Walhachin, a community known locally as "little England".[1]
Military career
When the First World War broke out in September 1914, he enlisted as a private in Lord Strathcona's Horse.
He rose quickly through the ranks a