The Government Says

'...Now recognise, with the award of a posthumous Victoria Cross, the debt owed to Jack Simpson Kirkpatrick in giving his life after saving over 300 of his comrades during the conflict which became known as Anzac Cove, Gallipoli.' -- Colin Wilson

Jack Simpson Kirkpatrick was born in South Shields on 6th July 1892 and who...

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Kirkpatrick-JS/

seen at 16:49, 30 April in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions.

TGS