Homecoming reception for Captain Hedges V.C..
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Short Summary
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Description
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Data
- Film ID:
- 1912.22
- Media URN:
- 73106
- Group:
- Old negatives
- Archive:
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 1919
- Sound:
- sound
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration:
- 00:01:00:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:24:37:00 / 01:25:37:00
- Canister:
- ON 127 C
Unknown user says
"Captain F.W. Hedges" is Frederick William Hedges.
Hedges didn't claim his VC until May 1919, so I think we can therefore assume that the footage was shot in 1919. Certainly 1914-18 doesn't fit the bill.
"Captain Hedges & wife" - she was still his fiancee at the time, and was named Mollie Kenworthy.
An excellent piece on Hedges' Victoria Cross-winning actions can be found here.....
www.bedfordregiment.org.uk/6thbn/hedgesvc.html
Unknown user says
Thanks very much.