OLDEST V.C. DEAD.
e COL. SIR PERCIVAL MARLING. e British Official Wireless. = (Received 9.30 a.m.) d RUGBY, May 31. n The death occurred at his ii: n Gloucestershire of Colonel Sir Perciva n Marling, aged 75. He was the oldest holder of the Victoria Cross, which hf " won as a lieutenant for rescuing f private soldier under heavy fire al 16 Tamanib, "Sudan, 52 years agd.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 128, 1 June 1936, Page 7
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66OLDEST V.C. DEAD. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 128, 1 June 1936, Page 7
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