King George V awarding the Victoria Cross to Private Wilfred Edwards Size:L: 90 x 60cm December 1979 80-00003-050

December 1979 80-00003-050

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King George V awarding the Victoria Cross to Private Wilfred Edwards Size:L: 90 x 60cm December 1979 80-00003-050King George V awarding the Victoria Cross to Private Wilfred Edwards, 1917. George V (1865 1936) presenting Edwards with his medal at an open air investiture at Buckingham Palace. Edwards (1893 1972) served in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. He won his VC for his actions at Langemarck, Belgium, during the Battle of Passchendaele. He was later promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant and re enlisted in the KOYLI at the outbreak of the Second