Lance Corporal Edward Keyworth VC

Lance Corporal Edward Keyworth VC
24th County of London Bn London Regiment
Died of wounds, 19 October 1915
Buried at Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme.

Edward Keyworth was born in Lincoln and won his VC at Givenchy on 25/26 May 1915. He initially attempted to enlist in the Lincolnshire Regiment but was turned down.

His VC citation reads:

‘For most conspicuous bravery at Givenchy on the night of 25-26th May, 1915. After the successful assault on the German position by the 24th Battalion, London Regiment, efforts were made by that unit to follow up their success by a bomb attack, during the progress of which fifty-eight men out of a total of seventy-five became casualties. During this very fierce encounter L/Cpl Keyworth stood fully exposed for two hours on the top of the enemy’s parapet, and threw about 150 bombs amongst the Germans, who were only a few yards away.’