King George V awarding the Victoria Cross to Private Wilfred Edwards mb-code IOM_MNH_1954_2501_041 Inscribed: 'PLATE 4

Inscribed: 'PLATE 4

'The Chelsea Pensioner'

They have grown up together but Ravi has become too big for Duke to handle so their owner Susan MacMillan has to keep a close eye on them

skin as black as a Negro

King George V awarding the Victoria Cross to Private Wilfred Edwards mb-code IOM_MNH_1954_2501_041 Inscribed: 'PLATE 4King George V awarding the Victoria Cross to Private Wilfred Edwards, 1917. George V (1865 1936) presenting Edwards with his medal at an open air investiture at Buckingham Palace. Edwards (1893 1972) served in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. He won his VC for his actions at Langemarck, Belgium, during the Battle of Passchendaele. He was later promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant and re enlisted in the KOYLI at the outbreak of the Second