Norman Harvey
Company Quartermaster Sergeant Norman Harvey VC was a British Army soldier and 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. He re-enlisted in World War II and was killed in action.
Early life
Harvey was born on 6 April 1899 in Bull Cottages, Newton-le-Willows to Charles William and Mary Harvey. He married Nora Osmond. He was initially educated at St Peter's Church of England School before working briefly at Messrs Randall in the High Street, from where he took up employment with Messrs Caulfields' at Newton.In November 1914, three months after the outbreak of World War I, he joined the South Lancashire Regiment of the British Army, aged just 15, and was wounded while serving on the Western Front with his regiment.