Horace Augustus Curtis

Horace Augustus Curtis 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.

He was 27 years old, and a Sergeant in the 2nd Bn., The Royal Dublin Fusiliers, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 18 October 1918 east of Le Cateau, France, when his platoon was attacking and came unexpectedly under intense machine-gun fire, Sergeant Curtis realised that the guns must be silenced and went forward through our own barrage and the enemy fire. He killed and wounded the teams of two of the guns, whereupon the remaining four guns surrendered. He then turned his attention to a train loaded with reinforcements and succeeded in capturing 100 of the enemy before his comrades joined him.

Reference

• Monuments To Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
• The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
• VCs of the First World War – The Final Days 1918 (Gerald Gliddon, 2000)

External links

• Location of grave and VC medal (Cornwall)

This page has been migrated from the Victoria Cross Reference with permission.