Awards & Winners

Samuel Meekosha

Date of Birth 16-September-1893
Place of Birth Leeds
(England, United Kingdom, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, with Dependencies and Territories)
Nationality United Kingdom
Profession Soldier
Samuel Meekosha VC, who changed his name by deed poll to Samuel Ingham in 1942, 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.

Awards by Samuel Meekosha

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1915


Victoria Cross
(In recognition of most conspicuous bravery that took place on 19 November 1915 as a Corporal in the 1/6th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own), British Army during the First World War.)