Major CHARLES FERGUSON HOEY
Lincolnshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Died 17 February 1944
Age 30 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Victoria Cross, Mentioned in Despatches, Military Cross
- Additional Info Son of Ferguson and Mary Rudyard Hoey, of Duncan, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
- Personal Inscription "COME, YE BLESSED OF MY FATHER, INHERIT THE KINGDOM PREPARED FOR YOU"
- Additional Citation note
The following particulars are given in the London Gazette of May 16th, 1944:- In Burma, on February 16th, 1944 Major Hoey's Company formed part of a force which was ordered to capture a position at all costs. The force was met by heavy machine gun fire, but, although wounded at least twice, Major Hoey seized a Bren gun from one of his men and personally led the Company on to the objective. In spite of his wounds the Company had difficulty in keeping up with him, and Major Hoey reached the enemy strong post first, where he killed all the occupants before being mortally wounded.
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