George Stuart Henderson

George Stuart Henderson VC, DSO & Bar, MC (5 December 1893 – 24 July 1920) was a British Army officer and a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Early life Henderson was born in East Gordon, Berwickshire, on 5 December 1893 to Robert and Mary Henderson.

Details Henderson was 26 years old, and a captain in the 2nd Battalion, The Manchester Regiment during the 1920 Iraqi Revolt, then called Mesopotamia, when the following deed took place on 24 July 1920 near Hillah, Mesopotamia for which he was awarded the VC.

He is commemorated on Jedburgh War Memorial and the Basra Memorial.

The medal His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Museum of the Manchester Regiment in Ashton-under-Lyne, England.