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FRICKLETON, Samuel (1891-1971) Victoria Cross Winner |
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July 1917 |
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 Born Scotland. A coal miner from Blackball, in Westland, who won the Victoria Cross when he captured two German machine-gun nests single-handed and killed all the occupants in July 1917 at Messines, Belgium.
Frickleton, a lance-corporal in the Third Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, was severely wounded in the battle.
On 7 June 1917 at Messines, Belgium, Lance-Corporal Frickleton, although slightly wounded, dashed forward at the head of his section, pushed into our barrage and personally destroyed with bombs an enemy machine-gun and crew which was causing heavy casualties. He then attacked a second gun killing all the crew of 12. By the destruction of these two guns he undoubtedly saved his own and other units from very severe casualties. During the consolidation of this position he received a second severe wound.
Later achieved rank of Captain.
Buried at Taita Serviceman's Cemetery, Naena, New Zealand. Plot 1188. Headstone. |
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References
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 Notes www.diggerhistory.info An unofficial history of the Australian & New Zealand Armed Services
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