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Edward Colquhoun Charlton VC (15 June 1920 – 21 April 1945) was an English 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.
Guardsman Charlton’s courageous and self-sacrificing action not only inflicted extremely heavy casualties on the enemy and retrieved his comrades from a desperate situation, but also enabled the position to be speedily recaptured.
30 Apr 2024 · Edward Charlton was a man of Empire, with all the swaggering moral certainty that suggests. He was also a man of the Royal Navy, devoted to his shipmates and service. It’s also possible to strip back some of that, and see him as a person.
3 Mei 2020 · Yet for one man, Guardsman Edward Charlton of the Irish Guards, his finest hour was yet to come. For just days before Hitler’s suicide and, later, Germany’s surrender, he would display such outstanding bravery that he would be awarded the final Victoria Cross (VC) of the war in Europe.
Edward Charlton (also Cherleton or Charleton), 5th Baron Charlton, KG (1370–1421), 5th and last Lord Charlton of Powys, was the younger son of John Charlton, the third baron, and his wife, Joan, daughter of Lord Stafford.
Edward Colquhoun Charlton, the English war hero of the Second World War, awarded the prestigious Victoria Cross for his unparalleled bravery. Born on 15 June 1920, Charlton's act of...
4 Mac 2005 · We passed the news on to Edward (my elder brother) and he was granted compassionate leave so that the family was briefly united for the first time in five years, which was very nice for the short...
