A WAR hero from Redhill has been commemorated – almost 100 years to the day since he died in action.Second Lieutenant Rupert Price Hallowes was awarded the Victoria Cross for his "most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty" during a fierce battle at Hooge, near Ypres, in Belgium, which started on September 25, 1915.Mr Hallowes, who was born in Station Road and served in The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment), was fatally wounded just five days later when he was...
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