Sergeant Major George Eardley VC MM
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Sergeant Major George Eardley VC MM
Image: © Jonathan Kington Taken: 15 Dec 2010
On 16 October 1944 George Harold Eardley from Congleton was awarded the Victoria Cross. His Citation reads: "On 16th October 1944 east of Overloon in Holland, Sergeant Eardley's platoon was ordered to clear some orchards where a strong opposition was holding up the advance, but 80 yards away from the objective the platoon was halted by automatic fire from machine-gun posts. Sergeant Eardley spotted one of these posts and moving forward under heavy fire killed the officer at the post with a grenade. He went on to destroy two more posts single-handed and under fire so intense that it daunted those who were with him, but his action enabled the platoon to achieve its objective and thus ensured the success of the whole attack." On the 18th of April 2004 this statue to Sergeant Major Eardley VC, MM was unveiled in the community garden (Image) not far from the town War Memorial (Image).
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