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Pte. Jacob Rivers VC
British Army 1st Btn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
from:Bridge Gate, Derby
(d.12th March 1915)
Jacob Rivers was killed in action on the 12th of March 1915, aged 32 and is commemorated on The Le Touret Memorial in France.
He was the son of Mrs. Adeline Rivers, of 4 House, Wide Yard, Bridge Gate, Derby
An extract from the London Gazette, dated 27th April, 1915, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery at Neuve-Chapelle on 12th March, 1915, when he, on his own initiative, crept to within a few yards of a very large number of the enemy who were massed on the flank of an advanced company of his battalion, and hurled bombs on them. His action caused the enemy to retire, and so relieved the situation. Pte. Rivers performed a second act of great bravery on the same day, similar to the first mentioned, again causing the enemy to retire. He was killed on this occasion."