Awards & Winners

Thomas Henry Sage

Date of Birth 08-December-1882
Place of Birth Tiverton, Devon
(United Kingdom, Mid Devon)
Nationality United Kingdom
Profession Soldier
Thomas Henry Sage VC 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 34 years old, and a private in the 8th Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 4 October 1917 at Tower Hamlets Spur, east of Ypres, Belgium, Private Sage was in a shell-hole with eight other men, one of whom was shot while throwing a bomb which fell back into the shell-hole. Private Sage, with great presence of mind, immediately threw himself on it, and so saved the lives of several of his comrades, although he himself was severely wounded.

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1917


Victoria Cross
(In recognition of most conspicuous bravery that took place on 4 October 1917 as a Private in the 8th Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's), British Army in World War I.)