Daniel Burges

Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Burges VC, DSO was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces He was 45 years old, and a temporary lieutenant-colonel in the The Gloucestershire Regiment commanding the 7th Battalion, The South Wales Borderers, British Army, during the First World War at the Battle of Doiran when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

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Gloucestershire Regiment officers

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