World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Laugharne, Wales, he served as a Lance Corporal in the 2nd Battalion, Welch Regiment, British Army. During actions at Chivy sur Aisne, France, on September 14, 1914, Lance Corporal Fuller's company commander Captain Mark Haggard who was in front position about twenty yards was shot. Despite the continuous rifle fire, Lance Corporal Fuller went forward dressed the officer's wounds and carried him back to a safe cover. For gallantry in the face of the enemy, he was invested with his Victoria Cross by King George V at Buckingham Palace on January 13, 1915. He later achieved the rank of Sergeant and also served in World War II. He died at the age of 90 in Swansea, Wales.
On September 14, 1914, near Chivy-sur-Aisne,France, Lance-Corporal Fuller advanced under very heavy enemy rifle and machine gun fire to extract an officer who was mortally wounded, and carried him back to cover. Fuller won his Victoria Cross for saving Captain Mark Haggard, who had fallen wounded. He carried him a distance estimated at 100 yards to a ridge where he managed to dress the officer's wounds. Captain Haggard asked Lance Corporal Fuller to fetch his rifle from where he had fallen. He did not want the enemy to get it, Fuller managed to do.
With the help of two others, Private Snooks and Lieutenant Melvin, Officer in charge of the machine-gun section of the Welsh Regiment, they managed to get Haggard to the safety of a barn that was being used as a first-aid dressing station.
Lance-Corporal Fuller remained with Captain Haggard trying to help him until the officer died later on that evening. His last words to Fuller were "Stick it, Welsh." Afterwards, he died. Lance-Corporal Fuller attended to two other officers who had also been brought to the barn wounded (Lieutenant The Honorable Fitzroy Somerset and Lieutenant Richards). The barn came under heavy fire, and the wounded men and officers were evacuated. Afterwards, the barn was razed to the ground via German shell-fire.
Monument at Llandaff Cathedral, near Cardiff, Wales
On September 14, 1914, near Chivy-sur-Aisne,France, Lance-Corporal Fuller advanced under very heavy enemy rifle and machine gun fire to extract an officer who was mortally wounded, and carried him back to cover. Fuller won his Victoria Cross for saving Captain Mark Haggard, who had fallen wounded. He carried him a distance estimated at 100 yards to a ridge where he managed to dress the officer's wounds. Captain Haggard asked Lance Corporal Fuller to fetch his rifle from where he had fallen. He did not want the enemy to get it, Fuller managed to do.
With the help of two others, Private Snooks and Lieutenant Melvin, Officer in charge of the machine-gun section of the Welsh Regiment, they managed to get Haggard to the safety of a barn that was being used as a first-aid dressing station.
Lance-Corporal Fuller remained with Captain Haggard trying to help him until the officer died later on that evening. His last words to Fuller were "Stick it, Welsh." Afterwards, he died. Lance-Corporal Fuller attended to two other officers who had also been brought to the barn wounded (Lieutenant The Honorable Fitzroy Somerset and Lieutenant Richards). The barn came under heavy fire, and the wounded men and officers were evacuated. Afterwards, the barn was razed to the ground via German shell-fire.
Monument at Llandaff Cathedral, near Cardiff, Wales
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Laugharne, Wales, he served as a Lance Corporal in the 2nd Battalion, Welch Regiment, British Army. During actions at Chivy sur Aisne, France, on September 14, 1914, Lance Corporal Fuller's company commander Captain Mark Haggard who was in front position about twenty yards was shot. Despite the continuous rifle fire, Lance Corporal Fuller went forward dressed the officer's wounds and carried him back to a safe cover. For gallantry in the face of the enemy, he was invested with his Victoria Cross by King George V at Buckingham Palace on January 13, 1915. He later achieved the rank of Sergeant and also served in World War II. He died at the age of 90 in Swansea, Wales.
On September 14, 1914, near Chivy-sur-Aisne,France, Lance-Corporal Fuller advanced under very heavy enemy rifle and machine gun fire to extract an officer who was mortally wounded, and carried him back to cover. Fuller won his Victoria Cross for saving Captain Mark Haggard, who had fallen wounded. He carried him a distance estimated at 100 yards to a ridge where he managed to dress the officer's wounds. Captain Haggard asked Lance Corporal Fuller to fetch his rifle from where he had fallen. He did not want the enemy to get it, Fuller managed to do.
With the help of two others, Private Snooks and Lieutenant Melvin, Officer in charge of the machine-gun section of the Welsh Regiment, they managed to get Haggard to the safety of a barn that was being used as a first-aid dressing station.
Lance-Corporal Fuller remained with Captain Haggard trying to help him until the officer died later on that evening. His last words to Fuller were "Stick it, Welsh." Afterwards, he died. Lance-Corporal Fuller attended to two other officers who had also been brought to the barn wounded (Lieutenant The Honorable Fitzroy Somerset and Lieutenant Richards). The barn came under heavy fire, and the wounded men and officers were evacuated. Afterwards, the barn was razed to the ground via German shell-fire.
Monument at Llandaff Cathedral, near Cardiff, Wales
On September 14, 1914, near Chivy-sur-Aisne,France, Lance-Corporal Fuller advanced under very heavy enemy rifle and machine gun fire to extract an officer who was mortally wounded, and carried him back to cover. Fuller won his Victoria Cross for saving Captain Mark Haggard, who had fallen wounded. He carried him a distance estimated at 100 yards to a ridge where he managed to dress the officer's wounds. Captain Haggard asked Lance Corporal Fuller to fetch his rifle from where he had fallen. He did not want the enemy to get it, Fuller managed to do.
With the help of two others, Private Snooks and Lieutenant Melvin, Officer in charge of the machine-gun section of the Welsh Regiment, they managed to get Haggard to the safety of a barn that was being used as a first-aid dressing station.
Lance-Corporal Fuller remained with Captain Haggard trying to help him until the officer died later on that evening. His last words to Fuller were "Stick it, Welsh." Afterwards, he died. Lance-Corporal Fuller attended to two other officers who had also been brought to the barn wounded (Lieutenant The Honorable Fitzroy Somerset and Lieutenant Richards). The barn came under heavy fire, and the wounded men and officers were evacuated. Afterwards, the barn was razed to the ground via German shell-fire.
Monument at Llandaff Cathedral, near Cardiff, Wales
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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