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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|English Victoria Cross recipient (1890–1969)}}<br />
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{{Infobox military person<br />
|name=William Gregg<br />
|honorific_suffix=<br />
|birth_date={{birth date|df=y|1890|1|27}}<br />
|death_date={{death date and age|df=y|1969|8|10|1890|1|27}}<br />
|birth_place= [[Heanor]], [[Derbyshire]]<br />
|death_place= Heanor<br />
|placeofburial=<br />
|image= William Beesley and William Gregg.jpg<br />
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|caption=[[William Beesley]] VC (left) and William Gregg<br />
|nickname=<br />
|allegiance={{flag|United Kingdom}}<br />
|serviceyears=<br />
|rank=[[Company Sergeant-Major]]<br />
|branch={{army|United Kingdom}}<br />
|commands= <br />
|unit=<br />
{{plainlist|<br />
*[[Rifle Brigade]]<br />
*[[The Sherwood Foresters]]<br />
}}<br />
|battles=<br />
{{plainlist|<br />
*[[World War I]]<br />
*[[World War II]]<br />
}}<br />
|awards=<br />
{{plainlist|<br />
*[[File:UK Victoria Cross ribbon bar.svg|30px]] [[Victoria Cross]]<br />
*[[Distinguished Conduct Medal]]<br />
*[[Military Medal]]<br />
}}<br />
|laterwork=<br />
}}<br />
'''William Gregg''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] [[Distinguished Conduct Medal|DCM]] [[Military Medal|MM]] (27 January 1890 &ndash; 10 August 1969) was an [[England|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 [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces.<br />
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==Details==<br />
He was 28 years old, and a [[sergeant]] in the 13th Battalion, [[The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)]], [[British Army]] during the [[First World War]] when he performed a deed for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.<br />
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On 8 May 1918 at [[Bucquoy]], [[France]], when all the officers of Sergeant Gregg's company had been hit during an attack on an enemy outpost, he took command, rushing two enemy posts, killing some of the gun teams, taking prisoners and capturing a machine-gun. He then started to consolidate his position until driven back by a counter-attack, but as reinforcements had by now come up, he led a charge, personally bombed a hostile machine-gun, killed the crew and captured the gun. When driven back again, he led another successful attack and held on to his position until ordered to withdraw.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30770|date=25 June 1918 |page=7619|supp=y }}</ref><br />
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==Further information==<br />
He later achieved the rank of [[company sergeant-major]] and served in [[World War II]] with the [[Sherwood Foresters]].<br />
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==The medal==<br />
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the [[Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum]] in [[Winchester]], England.<br />
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==Local honours==<br />
William lived in Heanor, [[Derbyshire]], and as testament to his deeds of gallantry when the town's new swimming baths were built in 1970 they were named the 'William Gregg V.C Swimming Baths' in his honour.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ripleyandheanornews.co.uk/news/local/chance-to-remember-vc-hero-bill-1-727139 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001204/http://www.ripleyandheanornews.co.uk/news/local/chance-to-remember-vc-hero-bill-1-727139 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |title=Chance to remember VC hero Bill - Ripley and Heanor News}}</ref> That recognition was continued when the facilities were extended and privatised in 2009-10 as the 'William Gregg V.C. Leisure Centre.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dcleisurecentres.co.uk/centres/william-gregg-vc-leisure-centre' |title = Home – Places Leisure}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
*{{cite book|year=1997|title=The Register of the Victoria Cross|editor-last=Buzzell|editor-first=Nora|location=[[Cheltenham]], Gloucestershire|publisher=This England Alma House|isbn=0-906324-27-0}}<br />
*{{cite book|first=Gerald|last=Gliddon|year=2013|orig-year=2004|title=Spring Offensive 1918|series=[[VCs of the First World War]]|location=[[Stroud]], [[Gloucestershire]]|publisher=[[The History Press]]|isbn=978-0-7524-8730-4}}<br />
*{{cite book|last=Harvey|first=David|author-link=David Charles Harvey|title=[[Monuments to Courage]]|publisher=Naval & Military Press Ltd|year=2000|isbn=1-84342-356-1}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041028141415/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/derbyshi.htm Location of grave and VC medal] ''(Derbyshire)''<br />
*[http://www.dcleisurecentres.co.uk/Centres/Derbyshire/William+Gregg+VC+Leisure+Centre/William+Gregg+VC+Leisure+Centre Leisure Facilities Named in his honour] ''(Heanor Leisure Centre)''<br />
* [http://vconline.org.uk/william-gregg-vc/4586858163 The Comprehensive Guide to the Victoria & George Cross]<br />
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