Memorial to Samuel Frickleton VC in Mesen, Belgium.
"A plaque to Samuel Frickleton VC was unveiled outside the church in Messines on June 7 2007, 90 years to the day since the coalminer from Blackball carried out the actions which won him the Commonwealth's highest award for bravery." On August 2, 1917, Samuel Frickleton's Victoria Cross was gazetted. The citation reads: "Although slightly wounded, Lance Corporal Frickleton dashed forward at the head of his section, pushed into our barrage, and personally destroyed with bombs an enemy machine-gun and its crew which were causing heavy casualties. "He then attacked the second gun, killing the whole of the crew of 12. By the destruction of these two guns he undoubtedly saved his own and other units from very severe casualties, and his magnificent courage and gallantry ensured the capture of the objective. "During the consolidation of the position he received a severe second wound. He set, throughout, a great example of heroism."
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