Charles William Train, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Recipient of the Victoria Cross
Date of Birth: 21-Sep-1890
Place of Birth: London
Date of Death: 28-Mar-1965
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Charles William Train
- Charles William Train VC (21 September 1890 – 28 March 1965) was an English born recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest British honour awarded for gallantry in the presence of the enemy.
- It was awarded in the First World War to British and Dominion forces and the Indian Army. He was 27 years old, and a corporal in the 2/14th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (London Scottish), British Army, 179th (2/4th London) Brigade, British 60th Division when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 8 December 1917 at Ein Kerem, near Jerusalem, in Ottoman controlled Palestine, when his company was unexpectedly engaged at close range by a party of the enemy with two machine-guns and brought to a standstill, Corporal Train on his own initiative rushed forward and engaged the enemy with rifle grenades and succeeded in putting some of the team out of action by a direct hit.
- He shot and wounded an officer and killed or wounded the remainder of the team.
- After this he went to the assistance of a comrade who was bombing the enemy from the front and killed one of them who was carrying the second machine-gun out of action.In May 1918, many British units serving with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in the Palestine campaign were sent to the Western Front.
- The 2/14th Battalion, The London Regiment Regiment moved to France and in July joined the 90th Brigade of the British 30th Division.
- It was while serving in France that he was presented with the insignia of the Victoria Cross by King George V at Headquarters, 2nd Army, Blendecques on 6 August 1918.
- He later achieved the rank of sergeant.
- He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the London Scottish Regimental Museum in London, England.
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