Robert Morrow VC (7 September 1891 - 26 April 1915) was born in Newmills, Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland and was an Irish 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.
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He was 23 years old, and a Private in the 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Fusiliers, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 12 April 1915 near Messines, Belgium, Private Morrow rescued and carried to places of comparative safety several men who had been buried in the debris of trenches wrecked by shell fire. He carried out this work on his own initiative and under heavy fire from the enemy. He was killed in action, St. Jan, Ypres Salient, Belgium, on 26 April 1915 and is buried in White House Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Regimental Museum The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Armagh, Northern Ireland).
References
- The Register of the Victoria Cross (1981, 1988 and 1997)
- The Northern Irish Sword (Brian Clarke 1986)
- Northern Irelands VCs ISBN 1-899243-00-3 (Dept of Economic Development 1995)
- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
- Northern Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)
