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Bidgood, Victor Frederick William - MC
Rank : Lieutenant
Army Number : 1423717 and 295903
Unit : 1st Bn
Biography :
From Cadet 1423717 Victor Bidgood was commissioned 2Lt in the Royal Armoured Corps on 10.10.1943. From 59 Training Regiment RAC at Barnard Castle, Durham, he joined 1st Bn The Leicestershire Regiment at Purley on 11.12.1943. He served in the Bn in France and Belgium, 1944 and Netherlands and Germany in 1945. He was awarded M.C. for his brave leadership in action at Merxplas, Belgium, September 1944 (L.G. 21.12.1944). Died on 9.6.1945, aged 21, as a result of injuries sustained in a motor accident near Hemer on 8.6.1945. He is buried in Muenster Heath War Cemetery, Germany.
This page was last edited on 15.11.2019.
Date of Birth : Jul 1923
Place of Birth : Plymouth, Devon
Date of Death : 9.6.1945
Place of Death : Hemer, Germany
Period of Service : 1943-46
Conflicts : WW2
Places Served : GB, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany
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