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Lt. Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey M.C., V.C.
Canadian Army Lord Strathcona's Horse
from:Athboy, Ireland.
Lieutenant Harvey was awarded the Victoria Cross for rushing a German machine gun post and capturing the gun position in front of the village of Guyencourt, France on 27 March 1917 on the Somme. His medal is on display in the Lord Strathcona's Horse Museum in Calgary.
The citation reads: For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty. During an attack by his regiment on a village, a party of the enemy ran forward to a wired trench just in front of the village and opened rapid fire and machine gun fire at a very close range, causing heavy casualties in the leading troop. At this critical moment when the enemy showed no intention of retiring and fire was still intense, Lieutenant Harvey, who was in command of the leading troop, ran forward well ahead of his men and dashed at the trench, still fully manned, jumped the wire, shot the machine gunner and captured the gun. His most courageous act undoubtedly had a decisive effect on the success of the operation.
During the second world war Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey attained the rank of Brigadier and was District Officer Commanding for Alberta. He died aged 92 in 1980.
