Charles Allix Lavington Yate, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Allix Lavington Yate

British recipient of the Victoria Cross

Date of Birth: 14-Mar-1872

Place of Birth: Madeley, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 20-Sep-1914

Profession: military personnel

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Major Charles Allix Lavington Yate, VC (14 March 1872 – 20 September 1914) was an English British Army officer and 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. Yate, from Madeley, Shropshire, attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and joined the British Army.
He saw service in British India, Mauritius, South Africa during the Second Boer War, as an observer during the Russo-Japanese War, and between 1908 and 1914 he was on the staff of the War Office in London.