Английская Википедия:Harry Cator
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox military person Harry Cator VC, MM (24 January 1894 – 7 April 1966) 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.Шаблон:Sfn
He was born in Drayton in Norfolk to a railway worker, Robert Cator and his wife, Laura.Шаблон:Sfn After leaving school, he was a porter on the London Midland and Great Northern Joint Line before joining a building contractor in Great Yarmouth.
He joined the British Army in September 1914, and arrived on the Western Front in June 1915 already a sergeant in the 7th (Service) Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. In 1916 at the time of the Battle of the Somme, he was awarded the Military Medal for bringing back 36 wounded men from no-mans land.Шаблон:Sfn
He was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Arras offensive. On 9 April 1917 near Arras, Sergeant Cator's platoon had suffered heavy casualties from a hostile machine-gun. Under heavy fire the sergeant, with one man, advanced across the open to attack the gun and when his companion was killed, he went on alone. Picking up a Lewis gun and some ammunition drums on his way, he succeeded in reaching the enemy trench and sighting another hostile machine-gun, he killed the entire team and the officer. He held the end of the trench with such effect that a bombing squad were able to capture 100 prisoners and five machine-guns.[1]
A few days later he was injured by an exploding shell. It was shortly after that the award of the VC and the French Croix de Guerre were announced. After the war he worked as a postman and as a civil servant.Шаблон:Sfn
Cator served with the rank of captain in the Home Guard during the Second World War, and was commandant of a prisoner-of-war camp near Cranwick. He retired from the Army in December 1947.Шаблон:Sfn
He died of pneumonia in 1966 in Norwich on 7 April and is buried in Sprowston cemetery.[2]Шаблон:Sfn
His VC and other medals are displayed in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum.Шаблон:Sfn
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