Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36518/supplements/2269. Temporary Major Charles Ferguson Hoey, 1st Battalion, the Lincolnshire Regiment. On 16th February 1944 near the Ngakyedauk Pass, Arakan, Burma, Major Hoey's company came under devastating machine-gun fire, but Major Hoey did not waver in his advance on the objective. Although wounded in the head and leg he went forward alone and tackled a troublesome enemy strong point, destroying it and killing all the occupants, but he was mortally wounded. MILITARY CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36190/supplements/4347. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36287/supplements/5476.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36518/supplements/2269. Temporary Major Charles Ferguson Hoey, 1st Battalion, the Lincolnshire Regiment. On 16th February 1944 near the Ngakyedauk Pass, Arakan, Burma, Major Hoey's company came under devastating machine-gun fire, but Major Hoey did not waver in his advance on the objective. Although wounded in the head and leg he went forward alone and tackled a troublesome enemy strong point, destroying it and killing all the occupants, but he was mortally wounded. MILITARY CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36190/supplements/4347. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36287/supplements/5476.