Background
He was born in 1890, son of Arthur Richard Procter and his wife Ellen Cumpsty.
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Arthur Procter
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He was educated at schools in Portuguese Sunlight and Exeter.
Career
Beginning employment at Liverpool Corn Exchange, he was a clerk in the provision trade from 1904 until 1914, when in November he enlisted in the King"s Liverpool Regiment after the outbreak of the First World War. In 1917 or 1918, Procter married Hilda Codd in Birkenhead. The couple had three sons.
He was ordained a deacon in 1927 and priest in 1928, while serving a curacy at Street Mary"s, Prescot, Lancashire.
From 1931 to 1933 he was Vicar of Bosley, and of Street Stephen"s, Flowery Field, Hyde, (both then in Cheshire) from 1933 to 1944. In the Second World War he served as a chaplain in the Royal Air Force. from 1941 to 1946.
After the war he was successively Rector of Street Mary, Droylsden, Manchester, from 1946 to 1951. Vicar of Claybrooke with Wibtoft, Leicestershire from 1951 to 1963, and of Bradworthy, Devon from 1963 to 1964.
He died on 27 January 1973, aged 82, in Sheffield.
He was cremated at Sheffield Crematorium in City Road and his ashes buried in All Saints Chapel at Sheffield Cathedral. Blue Plaques have been erected to him by Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council at Street Mary"s Church, Droylsden, and Street Stephen"s Church, Hyde.
Achievements
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He was 25 years old, and a private in the 1/5th Battalion, the King"s Regiment (Liverpool), British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Venture capital. On 4 June 1916 near Ficheux, France, Private Procter noticed some movement on the part of two wounded men who were lying in full view of the enemy about 15 yards in front of the trenches. He at once went out on his own initiative and, although heavily fired at, ran and crawled to the two men, got them under cover of a small bank dressed their wounds and promised that they would be rescued after dark. He left them with warm clothing and then returned to the trenches, again being heavily fired at. The men were rescued at dusk.
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Nationality
United Kingdom
Awards
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Victoria Cross Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest military decoration awarded for valour 'in the face of the enemy' to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories.The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest military decoration awarded for valour 'in the face of the enemy' to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories.