Lieutenant Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey

Name: Harvey, Frederick Maurice Watson

Religion: Church of England

Date of death: 1980-08-24

Buried: Fort Macleod (Union) Cemetery

Highest Rank: Lieutenant

LAC ID: 447713

Service file: B4134-S030

Uploader's Notes: Next of Kin: Mrs. Winnifred Lilian Harvey

Uploader's Research notes: Wikipedia [Lieutenant Army Canadian Mounted Rifles 13th Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles Lieutenant Army Canadian Cavalry Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) Earned VC with LdSH Croix de Guerre (France) Commander of the Order of the British Empire Military Cross Victoria Cross Guyencourt, France During an attack by his regiment on a village, a party of the enemy ran forward to a wired trench just in front of the village, and opened rapid fire and machine-gun fire at a very close range, causing heavy casualties in the leading troop. At this critical moment, when the enemy showed no intention whatever of retiring, and fire was still intense, Lt. Harvey, who was in command of the leading troops, ran forward well ahead of his men and dashed at the trench, skilfully manned, jumped the wire, shot the machine-gunner and captured the gun. His most courageous act undoubtedly had a decisive effect on the success of the operations Harvey was originally awarded the Distinguished Service Order but this was later upgraded to a VC. In March 1918, Harvey was also awarded the Military Cross for the same action that earned Lt. Gordon Flowerdew the VC. ]

Date added: 2004-09-05

Last modified: 2014-03-31