205:, it was necessary for information to be obtained from the front line and the only way to get it was over ground with no cover and in full view of the enemy. A small party tried without success, followed by six men, singly, each one being killed in the attempt. Private Counter then volunteered and, going out under terrific fire, got through and returned with vital information which enabled his commanding officer to organise and launch the final successful counter-attack. Subsequently, he also carried five messages across the open under heavy artillery barrage to company headquarters.
31:
134:
70:
89:
926:
403:
545:
956:
936:
561:
931:
537:
396:
529:
449:
389:
961:
521:
333:
941:
505:
900:
580:
489:
553:
481:
183:
457:
357:
298:
373:
874:
895:
412:
604:
497:
112:
839:
834:
313:
473:
441:
789:
779:
764:
172:
704:
639:
869:
694:
689:
513:
167:, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to
30:
951:
946:
674:
348:
343:
829:
699:
659:
649:
596:
465:
198:
247:
905:
859:
824:
819:
684:
252:
890:
588:
133:
854:
769:
759:
729:
353:
329:
325:
294:
809:
799:
734:
724:
709:
804:
784:
774:
754:
749:
739:
644:
634:
433:
321:
88:
43:
381:
864:
794:
664:
621:
179:
168:
164:
156:
137:
75:
233:
920:
844:
679:
654:
849:
814:
669:
629:
267:
213:
187:
92:
714:
191:
122:
744:
290:
209:
102:
160:
317:
202:
47:
194:
when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
385:
927:
British World War I recipients of the
Victoria Cross
546:
82nd
Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
883:
620:
573:
426:
419:
159:(3 November 1898 – 16 September 1970) was an
143:
128:
118:
108:
98:
81:
63:
53:
37:
21:
562:81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers)
212:. His medal is on display at the Jersey Museum,
208:Counter left the army in 1921 with the rank of
957:British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross
538:40th (the 2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot
397:
8:
293:, Gloucestershire: This England Alma House.
16:English Victoria Cross recipient (1898-1970)
530:59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot
423:
404:
390:
382:
29:
18:
256:(Supplement). 21 May 1918. p. 6059.
225:
522:30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot
932:British Army personnel of World War I
450:King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
7:
937:King's Regiment (Liverpool) soldiers
506:63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot
901:Lancastrian and Cumbrian Volunteers
490:55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot
554:47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot
482:34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot
352:. Naval & Military Press Ltd.
287:The Register of the Victoria Cross
14:
458:Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
875:Willward Alexander Sandys-Clarke
581:King's Own Royal Border Regiment
132:
87:
68:
675:William Robert Fontaine Addison
184:The King's (Liverpool) Regiment
962:Military personnel from Dorset
374:Location of grave and VC medal
1:
896:King's and Cheshire Regiment
840:Thomas Orde Lawder Wilkinson
835:Richard Basil Brandram Jones
413:Duke of Lancaster's Regiment
942:People from Blandford Forum
605:Queen's Lancashire Regiment
498:King's Regiment (Liverpool)
285:Buzzell, Nora, ed. (1997).
234:"Jack Counter - Jerripedia"
178:He was 19 years old, and a
113:King's Regiment (Liverpool)
978:
314:VCs of the First World War
474:South Lancashire Regiment
308:Gliddon, Gerald (2013) .
28:
442:East Lancashire Regiment
268:"Thekingsregiment.co.uk"
790:George Stuart Henderson
780:Alfred Robert Wilkinson
765:Charles Harry Coverdale
705:Arthur Herbert Procter
197:On 16 April 1918 near
182:in the 1st Battalion,
870:Marcus Ervine-Andrews
695:Joseph Harcourt Tombs
690:William Edward Heaton
514:96th Regiment of Foot
310:Spring Offensive 1918
349:Monuments to Courage
830:Alfred Victor Smith
720:Jack Thomas Counter
700:Edward Felix Baxter
660:Joseph Henry Collin
650:Tom Fletcher Mayson
597:Lancashire Regiment
466:Manchester Regiment
199:Boisleux-Saint-Marc
154:Jack Thomas Counter
23:Jack Thomas Counter
906:Lancashire Militia
860:John Thomas Davies
820:Henry Edward Kenny
685:Henry James Knight
253:The London Gazette
914:
913:
855:William Ratcliffe
616:
615:
609:
601:
593:
585:
566:
558:
550:
542:
534:
526:
518:
510:
502:
494:
486:
478:
470:
462:
454:
446:
438:
335:978-0-7524-8730-4
326:The History Press
163:recipient of the
151:
150:
57:16 September 1970
969:
810:Euston Sartorius
607:
599:
591:
583:
564:
556:
548:
540:
532:
524:
516:
508:
500:
492:
484:
476:
468:
460:
452:
444:
436:
424:
406:
399:
392:
383:
363:
339:
304:
272:
271:
264:
258:
257:
244:
238:
237:
230:
136:
91:
83:
74:
72:
71:
33:
19:
977:
976:
972:
971:
970:
968:
967:
966:
917:
916:
915:
910:
891:King's Division
879:
775:Wilfrith Elstob
755:George Stringer
750:William Forshaw
635:Harry Christian
612:
589:King's Regiment
569:
434:Border Regiment
415:
410:
370:
360:
342:
336:
322:Gloucestershire
307:
301:
284:
281:
276:
275:
266:
265:
261:
246:
245:
241:
232:
231:
227:
222:
192:First World War
144:Other work
69:
67:
59:Blandford Forum
58:
44:Blandford Forum
42:
41:3 November 1898
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
975:
973:
965:
964:
959:
954:
949:
944:
939:
934:
929:
919:
918:
912:
911:
909:
908:
903:
898:
893:
887:
885:
881:
880:
878:
877:
872:
867:
865:Basil Horsfall
862:
857:
852:
847:
842:
837:
832:
827:
822:
817:
812:
807:
802:
797:
795:John McDermond
792:
787:
782:
777:
772:
767:
762:
757:
752:
747:
742:
737:
732:
727:
722:
717:
712:
707:
702:
697:
692:
687:
682:
677:
672:
667:
665:James Hewitson
662:
657:
652:
647:
642:
637:
632:
626:
624:
622:Victoria Cross
618:
617:
614:
613:
611:
610:
602:
594:
586:
577:
575:
574:2nd generation
571:
570:
568:
567:
559:
551:
543:
535:
527:
519:
511:
503:
495:
487:
479:
471:
463:
455:
447:
439:
430:
428:
427:1st generation
421:
417:
416:
411:
409:
408:
401:
394:
386:
380:
379:
369:
368:External links
366:
365:
364:
358:
340:
334:
305:
299:
280:
277:
274:
273:
259:
239:
224:
223:
221:
218:
165:Victoria Cross
149:
148:
145:
141:
140:
138:Victoria Cross
130:
126:
125:
120:
116:
115:
110:
106:
105:
100:
96:
95:
85:
79:
78:
76:United Kingdom
65:
61:
60:
55:
51:
50:
39:
35:
34:
26:
25:
22:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
974:
963:
960:
958:
955:
953:
950:
948:
945:
943:
940:
938:
935:
933:
930:
928:
925:
924:
922:
907:
904:
902:
899:
897:
894:
892:
889:
888:
886:
882:
876:
873:
871:
868:
866:
863:
861:
858:
856:
853:
851:
848:
846:
845:Gabriel Coury
843:
841:
838:
836:
833:
831:
828:
826:
825:William Young
823:
821:
818:
816:
813:
811:
808:
806:
803:
801:
798:
796:
793:
791:
788:
786:
783:
781:
778:
776:
773:
771:
768:
766:
763:
761:
758:
756:
753:
751:
748:
746:
743:
741:
738:
736:
733:
731:
728:
726:
723:
721:
718:
716:
713:
711:
708:
706:
703:
701:
698:
696:
693:
691:
688:
686:
683:
681:
680:Harry Hampton
678:
676:
673:
671:
668:
666:
663:
661:
658:
656:
655:Albert Halton
653:
651:
648:
646:
643:
641:
638:
636:
633:
631:
628:
627:
625:
623:
619:
606:
603:
598:
595:
590:
587:
582:
579:
578:
576:
572:
563:
560:
555:
552:
547:
544:
539:
536:
531:
528:
523:
520:
515:
512:
507:
504:
499:
496:
491:
488:
483:
480:
475:
472:
467:
464:
459:
456:
451:
448:
443:
440:
435:
432:
431:
429:
425:
422:
418:
414:
407:
402:
400:
395:
393:
388:
387:
384:
378:
375:
372:
371:
367:
361:
359:1-84342-356-1
355:
351:
350:
345:
344:Harvey, David
341:
337:
331:
327:
323:
319:
315:
311:
306:
302:
300:0-906324-27-0
296:
292:
288:
283:
282:
278:
269:
263:
260:
255:
254:
249:
243:
240:
235:
229:
226:
219:
217:
215:
211:
206:
204:
200:
195:
193:
189:
185:
181:
176:
174:
170:
166:
162:
158:
155:
146:
142:
139:
135:
131:
127:
124:
121:
117:
114:
111:
107:
104:
101:
97:
94:
90:
86:
80:
77:
66:
62:
56:
52:
49:
45:
40:
36:
32:
27:
20:
850:John Readitt
815:Spencer Bent
770:Walter Mills
760:George Evans
730:Robert Scott
719:
670:Thomas Neely
640:James Miller
630:Thomas Grady
420:Predecessors
376:
347:
309:
286:
279:Bibliography
262:
251:
242:
228:
214:Saint Helier
207:
196:
188:British Army
177:
173:Commonwealth
153:
152:
119:Battles/wars
93:British Army
952:1970 deaths
947:1898 births
800:Mark Walker
735:James Leach
725:James Pitts
715:Oswald Reid
710:David Jones
608:(1970–2006)
600:(1958–1970)
592:(1958–2006)
584:(1959–2006)
565:(1793–1881)
557:(1741–1881)
549:(1793–1881)
541:(1717–1881)
533:(1755–1881)
525:(1702–1881)
517:(1798–1881)
509:(1744–1881)
501:(1685–1958)
493:(1755–1881)
485:(1702–1881)
477:(1881–1958)
469:(1881–1958)
461:(1881–1970)
453:(1680–1959)
445:(1881–1958)
437:(1881–1959)
248:"No. 30697"
190:during the
123:World War I
921:Categories
805:John Lucas
785:James Kirk
745:Issy Smith
740:John Hogan
645:Jack White
291:Cheltenham
220:References
64:Allegiance
884:See also
377:(Jersey)
346:(2000).
210:corporal
175:forces.
103:Corporal
82:Service/
180:private
169:British
161:English
147:Postman
356:
332:
318:Stroud
297:
203:France
129:Awards
84:branch
73:
48:Dorset
354:ISBN
330:ISBN
295:ISBN
171:and
109:Unit
99:Rank
54:Died
38:Born
923::
328:.
324::
320:,
316:.
312:.
289:.
250:.
216:.
201:,
186:,
157:VC
46:,
405:e
398:t
391:v
362:.
338:.
303:.
270:.
236:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
