1. Gordon Muriel Flowerdew was an English-born Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces, received for his actions at the Battle of Moreuil Wood.
Gordon Flowerdew was born in Billingford, Norfolk, one of fourteen children of Arthur John Blomfield Flowerdew and Hannah Flowerdew.
Gordon Flowerdew was educated at Framlingham College in Suffolk, as were all nine of his brothers.
Gordon Flowerdew rose quickly through the ranks and was commissioned as an officer in 1916.
Gordon Flowerdew's commanding officer, Brigadier General Jack Seely, had ordered a cavalry charge.
Gordon Flowerdew lived long enough to be made aware of the success of the charge.
On reaching his first objective, Lieutenant Gordon Flowerdew saw two lines of enemy, each about sixty strong, with machine guns in the centre and flanks; one line being about two hundred yards behind the other.
Gordon Flowerdew was dangerously wounded through both thighs during the operation, but continued to cheer his men.
Gordon Flowerdew's VC was one of twenty awarded during the battles of the German and Allied offensives in the Amiens area in 1918.
Gordon Flowerdew's posthumously awarded VC was donated by his mother to Framlingham College in England.
Lieutenant Gordon Flowerdew is a character in the play Mary's Wedding, by Canadian playwright Stephen Massicotte.