Job Henry Charles Drain VC

Name: Job Henry Charles Drain

Conflict: First World War

Gazetted: November 25, 1914

Service: Army

Place/date of birth: Barking, Essex/October 15, 1895

Rank when awarded VC (and later highest rank): Driver (later Sergeant)

Date of bravery: August 26, 1914

London Gazette citation [joint citation]:

Driver 69960. Job Henry Charles Drain. 37^th Battery Royal Field Artillery.

At Le Cateau on 26th August, as volunteers, helping to save guns under fire from hostile infantry who were 100 yards away.

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Other decorations: N/A

Place/date of death: Barking, Essex/July 26, 1975

Grave/memorials: Rippleside Cemetery, Barking, Essex; Royal Artillery Chapel, Woolwich, London

Origin of VC to the Lord Ashcroft collection: Purchased privately, 2008

Current location of VC: Displayed on rotation at The Lord Ashcroft Gallery: Extraordinary Heroes exhibition, Imperial War Museum