When the First World War broke out, Samuel Frickleton volunteered together with his four brothers for active service. On 7 June 1917, his unit took part in the Mine Battle. During the initial assault on the village of Messines, Frickleton was lightly wounded, but that didn’t stop him for taking further part in the attack. When the New Zealanders were temporarily held up, he single-handedly knocked out two German machine gun positions. For this brave action he was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest British military decoration for gallantry.
He was wounded twice more during the same attack, before being evacuated from the battlefield and ship¬ped back to a hospital in Great Britain. His wounds were so serious that he never returned to the front. He eventually recovered and died in 1971.
Join us in commemorating the Battle of Passchendaele in Flanders Fields, Belgium.
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