SAPPER WILLIAM HACKETT VC For his act of selfless valour William Hackett was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross – the only such decoration ever to be bestowed upon a Tunneller. He is remembered in perpetuity on Panel 1 of the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing near Armentières We thank
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“In all the great deeds of the war I recall nothing more heroic than your husband’s act of sacrifice”, the Bishop of Sheffield, August 18, 1916
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