Records of James Scully on Ancestry

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for James Scully and the Scully Family Tree

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Some Famous People called James Scully

James Scully (GC)

Acting Corporal James Patrick Scully (20 October 1909 – December 1974) of the Pioneer Corps was awarded the George Cross for the valour he displayed on 8 March 1941 in Liverpool in rescuing people from a bomb damaged building. He was originally from Crumlin, Dublin.

The citation was published in the London Gazette on 8 July 1941, and reads:

Scully was the only member of the Pioneer Corps to be awarded the George Cross (although 13 George Medals and many other lesser awards have been won by Corps members.). No members of the Pioneer Corps have won the Victoria Cross while serving with the corps, although Francis George Miles served with the corps in World War II after winning the VC while serving with the Gloucestershire Regiment in World War I.

James Scully was the first Catholic recipient of a George Cross. He was commemorated by a sculpture at Simpson Barracks, Northamptonshire. A troop of the Royal Logistic Corps is named after him.

Corporal Scully's medal group including the George Cross was sold at auction in London on 5 July 2011 for £72,000. The medals were sold with a quantity of documents, including his Soldier's Service and Pay Book; Buckingham Palace Coronation Medal 1953 certificate; membership certificate for the Royal Society of St George; portrait photographs, and the cover feature of The Hornet of January 1967, featuring the recipient's GC-winning exploits. The auction was held by Dix Noonan Webb.

James Scully died in 1974 while visiting his nephew, the English athlete and later sports broadcaster Brendan Foster.

Source: James Scully (GC), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

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